Military transport boats at Iwo Jima

A rather impressionistic depiction of military transport boats filled with Marines riding on rough seas. Splashes from munitions appear in the background. A rather impressionistic depiction of military transport boats filled with Marines riding on rough seas. Splashes from munitions 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.

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Original record: Military transport boats at Iwo Jima
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): Guadalcanal, New Georgia
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
Watercolors (Paintings)
World War, 1939-1945
Type: still image

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