Typical Nipponese sniper box.

Original pen and ink sketch, signed by Reeks, of a Marine standing next to a Nipponese sniper box. Original pen and ink sketch, signed by Reeks, of a Marine standing next to a Nipponese sniper box. Title from typed label affixed to verso. It continues: " This type in particular was most difficult to see and the result was heavy casualties in the process of elimination." 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.