Silence in the Gorge - Painted by C. Waterhouse

Charles H. Waterhouse, an artist as well as a Marine Colonel, painted this scene from the Battle of Iwo Jima.  He was a young man during the battle, just like most of the other Marines who fought at Iwo Jima:

"Silence in the Gorge," an acrylic painting on masonite by Col Charles H. Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret), who as private first class was wounded during the battle.

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Credits

From the Marine Corps Combat Art Collection, featured in Closing In:  Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima, by Col. Joseph H. Alexander, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), at page 2.  Part of the Marines in World War II Commemorative Series.