Portrait of a tired fellow catching a few minute's sleep - but still alert to the slightest degree

Head and shoulders of a sleeping Marine with hand on helmet. Head and shoulders of a sleeping Marine with hand on helmet. Title from typed label affixed to verso. Censor's stamp. 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.