Recoil

A Marine faces the right edge of the drawing and shoots a rifle at shoulder height. The background landscape is in a simple, schematic manner with a few brush strokes. A Marine faces the right edge of the drawing and shoots a rifle at shoulder height. The background landscape is in a simple, schematic manner with a few brush strokes. 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.