File:US CQM takes sextant reading on USS Alaska (CB-1) 1945.jpg
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| Description | U.S. Navy Chief Quartermaster John P. Overholt taking a sun sighting with a sextant from the navigating bridge aboard the battlecruiser USS Alaska (CB-1). Taken circa 6 March 1945, during the Iwo Jima operation. Taking notes on the observations is Quartermaster Third Class Clark R. Bartholomew. |
| Date | circa 6 March 1945 |
| Source | Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-3736 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command |
| Author | USN |
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