Photo #: 80-G-K-3736 (Color) USS Alaska (CB-1) Chief Quartermaster John P. Overholt taking a sun sighting with a sextant from the ship's navigating bridge. Taken circa 6 March 1945, during the Iwo Jima operation. Taking notes on the observations is Quartermaster Third Class Clark R. Bartholomew. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 99KB; 580 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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1 March 2000