Iwo: D plus two

Original watercolor signed and dated by Reeks; smoke-filled scene of beach landing, U.S. infantry and tank passing wounded and dead soldiers in bomb crater in foreground. Original watercolor signed and dated by Reeks; smoke-filled scene of beach landing, U.S. infantry and tank passing wounded and dead soldiers in bomb crater in 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.