These fellows have thrown a smoke grenade into a cave full of Japs and stand ready for the kill if they come out.

Two Marines in the foreground stand ready. One looks back over his shoulder towards the viewer. Three other Marines are seen in the distance. Dead vegetation and smoke fills the space between the two groups. Two Marines in the foreground stand ready. One looks back over his shoulder towards the viewer. Three other Marines are seen in the distance. Dead vegetation and smoke fills the space between the two groups. Title from typed label affixed to verso. Also censor's stamp.

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Original record: These fellows have thrown a smoke grenade into a cave full of Japs and stand ready for the kill if they come out.
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1945
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Reeks, Harry D., 1921-1982 (artist)
Subject(s): Drawings (Visual Works)
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
World War, 1939-1945
Type: still image

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