Night before the landing

Original pen and ink sketch signed and dated by Reeks, of two soldiers sleeping in bunks aboard their transport ship the night before landing. Original pen and ink sketch signed and dated by Reeks, of two soldiers sleeping in bunks aboard their transport ship the night before landing. 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.