End of the last act of the tragedy of Tinian Island

Original ink and wash drawing by Hios; group of emaciated civilians, including 2 men and woman breastfeeding child, seated on wooden crates in foreground; soldier with pistol arresting men in left background, island cliffs in distance. Original ink and wash drawing by Hios; group of emaciated civilians, including 2 men and woman breastfeeding child, seated on wooden crates in foreground; soldier with pistol arresting men in left background, island cliffs in distance. Ink notation on verso reads: 'Many of Japs [sic] jumped off the cliffs in this end of Tinian Island and many of them blew themselves up in the gorges with explosives. Most of the starved civilians surrendered and a few soldiers were with them. Women and children were in better condition than the men'. Hios joined the USMC in 1942 and trained as a combat photographer. He saw action on the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Promoted to sergeant, he received the Bronze Star for 'heroic and meritorious action in obtaining valuable combat photographs under hazardous conditions'. Gift of the artist, 1994.