Battle scene on Iwo Jima

A battle scene. A line of US Marines with backpacks and rifles runs from the lower left into the midground. A large explosion fills the center of the painting. Tanks pass to the right of this. Two downed Japanese airplanes lie on the ground. A dead or wounded Japanese soldier lies on the ground next to one of the planes. Two other Marines crouch in the foreground. A battle scene. A line of US Marines with backpacks and rifles runs from the lower left into the midground. A large explosion fills the center of the painting. Tanks pass to the right of this. Two downed Japanese airplanes lie on the ground. A dead or wounded Japanese soldier lies on the ground next to one of the planes. Two other Marines crouch in the foreground. 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.