4th Div. boys drag their tired bodies down to the beach - on the way home (called rear base).

A line of Marines walks single file in the middle distance. In the foreground, various items, including a rifle stuck into the ground and a war-ravaged tree. A line of Marines walks single file in the middle distance. In the foreground, various items, including a rifle stuck into the ground and a war-ravaged tree. Title from typed label affixed to verso. 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.