Wounded man's face

A close-up portrait of a wounded man with a grizzled beard, disheveled hair and with a look of pain and exhaustion on his face. A close-up portrait of a wounded man with a grizzled beard, disheveled hair and with a look of pain and exhaustion on his face. 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.