Captured Japanese Airfield on Iwo Jima

Destroyed Japanese aircraft litter the foreground. An airplane comes in for a landing from the right, approaching a landing strip that stretches across the center of the work. Destroyed Japanese aircraft litter the foreground. An airplane comes in for a landing from the right, approaching a landing strip that stretches across the center of the work. 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.