Demolition men set off a charge in the opening of a big pillbox

A large explosion fills the central part of the image. Distant figures of Marines surround it and two Marines are seen in profile in the right foreground. A large explosion fills the central part of the image. Distant figures of Marines surround it and two Marines are seen in profile in the right foreground. Title from typed label affixed to verso. Title continues: 'The purpose being to seal them in -- since they could not be gotten out, because of so many tunnels back and forth in Suribachi. They continued this until all holes were closed and some 700 Japs were entombed within'. Also includes 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.