Mess at 0730, 1200, and 1730

A group of bare-chested Marines sit at a table aboard ship and eat their meal. A group of bare-chested Marines sit at a table aboard ship and eat their meal. Title from typed label on verso. Title continues: 'It was with some difficulty to sit and eat because of the constant swaying of the ship. However, as soon as one adjusted, one thereafter ate heavily'. 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.