View of Mount Suribachi

Original unsigned watercolor by Reeks; twilight battle scene, infantry huddled in trench and wounded or dead soldier in foreground, tank firing at left; explosions in sky over hill in background. Original unsigned watercolor by Reeks; twilight battle scene, infantry huddled in trench and wounded or dead soldier in foreground, tank firing at left; explosions in sky over hill 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