Soldiers on beach

Original watercolor signed and dated "Iwo '45" by Reeks; infantryman on blasted battlescape, walking toward right past destroyed trench full of dead men; smaller figures of soldiers advancing in background. Original watercolor signed and dated "Iwo '45" by Reeks; infantryman on blasted battlescape, walking toward right past destroyed trench full of dead men; smaller figures of soldiers advancing in background. 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. title provided by cataloger