Marines on guard on Iwo Jima

Two Marines are seen from the rear sitting on the ground, their rifles in their hands. A third Marine stands to the far right. They look across a hilly landscape down to the water. Two Marines are seen from the rear sitting on the ground, their rifles in their hands. A third Marine stands to the far right. They look across a hilly landscape down to the water. 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.