Battle scene

A Marine in the left foreground, holding a rifle in his right hand, yells and points toward the battle scene with his left hand. The body of a (Japanese?) soldier lies on the ground at lower right. Other Marines crouch in the center. Explosions appear in the background. A Marine in the left foreground, holding a rifle in his right hand, yells and points toward the battle scene with his left hand. The body of a (Japanese?) soldier lies on the ground at lower right. Other Marines crouch in the center. Explosions appear in the background. 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.