Marines cleaning out snipers at the base of Suribachi

Marine kneeling at the right foreground, rifle in hand. An abandoned truck fills the center of the image with objects strewn around it. Two more Marines are in the background. Marine kneeling at the right foreground, rifle in hand. An abandoned truck fills the center of the image with objects strewn around it. Two more Marines are 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. Title from typed label affixed to verso. It continues: 'A Jap truck is the central interest in this sketch'. Also includes censor's stamp.