A Jap prisoner tried to talk his buddies into surrender, enticing them with assurances about American hospitality.

Original pen and ink sketch, signed by Reeks, of Marines surrounding Japanese prisoner above a cave opening. Original pen and ink sketch, signed by Reeks, of Marines surrounding Japanese prisoner above a cave opening. Title from typed label affixed to verso. It continues: "However, most of them chose the grenade suicide or the flamethrower, which points ready with its operator behind it." 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.