Sitting Marine

Original watercolor signed by Reeks; partial view of 3 Marines in jungle; one standing in foreground with carbine, facing right, a second lying wounded or dead on the ground, a third kneeling, tending the wounded man. Original watercolor signed by Reeks; partial view of 3 Marines in jungle; one standing in foreground with carbine, facing right, a second lying wounded or dead on the ground, a third kneeling, tending the wounded man. 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