Surgery in Mobile Hospital Unit

Helmeted doctors, wearing surgical gowns and masks, carry out an operation on a wounded Marine by the light of a handheld lamp. Helmeted doctors, wearing surgical gowns and masks, carry out an operation on a wounded Marine by the light of a handheld lamp. 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.