Soldier apparently being shot

Original watercolor signed by Reeks; soldier at cave mouth, reacting to, or hit by, explosion (grenade?); dead soldier behind rock in lower right foreground. Original watercolor signed by Reeks; soldier at cave mouth, reacting to, or hit by, explosion (grenade?); dead soldier behind rock in lower right foreground. 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