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80-G-K-3747 USS Alaska (CB-1)

Photo #: 80-G-K-3747 USS Alaska (CB-1)
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Title: USS Alaska (CB-1)
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Description: USS Alaska (CB-1) Recovering a Curtiss SC-1 floatplane on 6 March 1945, during the Iwo Jima operation. The aircraft is awaiting pickup by the ship's crane after taxiing onto a landing mat. The pilot was Lieutenant Jess R. Faulconer, Jr., USNR. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-K-3747
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