Marine POW -- The Good Old Boy

Bust-length portrait of a very thin Marine wearing a cap. Bust-length portrait of a very thin Marine wearing a cap. Ink inscription reads: "THE GOOD OLD BOY - disease ravished body, tired and weary, but content that now a new life is beginning." Reeks joined the USMC in 1941 and saw action on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville and Saipan. He was the only official combat artist to land on Iwo Jima with the invasion force and spent thirty days on the island sketching the campaign.