One cave taken -- One life given

A Marine lies dead, sprawled across the foreground of the work, in front of a cave entrance. Another Marine stands in the left background and looks back at him. A Marine lies dead, sprawled across the foreground of the work, in front of a cave entrance. Another Marine stands in the left background and looks back at him. 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.