WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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Nürnberg, Germany in ruins, Jun 1945	P-47N Thunderbolts of the 19th Fighter Squadron running up their engines at Ie Jima, Japan, circa June 1945.

P-51B and P-51C Mustang fighters of the US Army Air Force 118th Tactical Recon Squadron at Laohwangping Airfield, Guizhou Province, China, Jun 1945	USS Saratoga coming in to Berth F-2 at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, circa Jun 1945

View from the island of USS Hornet (Essex-class) looking aft and leading the USS Bonne Homme Richard, USS Belleau Wood, and USS San Jacinto during gunnery exercises, 12 Jun 1945 off the Philippines.	View of Mt. Tamalpais seen through the Plate Shop at the Marinship Shipbuilding yard, Sausalito, California, United States, 1944-45. Marinship flagship, USS Tamalpais, was named for this mountain.

WAVES Aerographer's Mate 2nd Class Julia Murray launching a weather balloon from a theodolite platform at Naval Air Station, Santa Ana, California, United States, circa mid-1945	WAVES Aviation Metalsmith 2nd Class Elizabeth Holbrook checking a finished metal bracket against its blueprint in a repair building at a Naval Air Station in the Hawaiian islands, circa mid-1945

WAVES Specialist 2nd Class Mary E. Johnson directing an incoming aircraft with a microphone as Specialist 2nd Class Lois Stoneburg operated the signal lamp, Hawaiian Islands, circa mid-1945	US Navy Mailman 2nd Class Wilbur L. Harrison and Yeoman 1st Class Marjorie Daw Adams at Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California, United States, 13 Jun 1945

SU-76 self-propelled guns on parade in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 24 Jun 1945	Air evacuation of wounded men from the Philippines on a mid-Pacific stop over, mid-1945. The wounded men are transferred from a PB2Y-3 Coronado to WC54 ambulances before boarding another plane bound for the US.

Cecilienhof Palace, Jul-Aug 1945, photo 1 of 3	Cecilienhof Palace, Jul-Aug 1945, photo 2 of 3

Cecilienhof Palace, Jul-Aug 1945, photo 3 of 3	P-61 Black Widow aircraft at rest in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, summer 1945

WAVES Specialist (Teacher) 1st Class Marjorie Kane instructing pilot Ensign Victor L. McCallen on a Link trainer, Naval Air Station, Santa Ana, California, United States, circa mid-1945, photo 1 of 2	WAVES Specialist (Teacher) 1st Class Marjorie Kane instructing pilot Ensign Victor L. McCallen on a Link trainer, Naval Air Station, Santa Ana, California, United States, circa mid-1945, photo 2 of 2

Certificate for the Distinguished Order of the Mighty Mine Dodgers issued to all officers and men of the eight returning submarines from the dangerous passage into and out of the Sea of Japan, May and Jun 1945.	Battleship USS Iowa and carrier USS Shangri-La receiving fuel from oiler USS Cahaba, 8 Jul 1945. Photo 1 of 5.