WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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LST-1 landing US Army jeeps onto a beach near Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943	LST-1 landing US Army trucks and field guns onto a beach near Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943

With LST-1 in background, US Army Engineers hauled a roll of wire mesh into position to make a beach roadway, Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943	Admiral Chester Nimitz aboard a US Navy transport at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, circa Oct 1943

B-24J Liberator with the 90th Bomb Group, the Jolly Rogers, at Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1943.	Olive-drab painted B-29 bombers, late 1943

Raymond Spruance, Chester Nimitz, and Holland Smith at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Oct 1943	TBF Avenger torpedo bomber prepared to take off of USS Yorktown, late 1943

USS Mobile preparing to launch a Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane from her port catapult during the Oct 1943 Marcus Island raid. Note the 40mm twin gun mount and man in the gun tub holding a red flag.	USS Yorktown (Essex-class) as seen from the fantail of Light Cruiser USS Mobile, during the October 1943 raid on Marcus Island. Note OS2U Kingfisher scout planes on Mobile’s two catapults.

Chiang Kaishek shortly after being sworn in as the Chairman of Nationalist China, 10 Oct 1943; flanking him were Yu Youren, Wu Zhihui, Song Meiling, Sun Ke, and Dai Chuanxian	USS Franklin being floated out of drydock for the first time, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 14 Oct 1943. Note Navy WAVES on the dock; WAVES' Director, LtCdr Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, was Franklin's sponsor.

Crossing the Line certificate issued to LtCdr Francis N Gilreath, Trusty Shellback, who crossed the line aboard USS Essex 26 Oct 1943 while en route from Pearl Harbor to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides	Avenger torpedo bomber landing on Cowpens, circa Nov-Dec 1943

Blood Chit issued by the United States with six southeast Asian languages, circa 1943.	Hyuga running sea trials, Nov 1943

Japanese transport Kinugawa Maru beached on Guadalcanal, Nov 1943	TBF-1 Avengers returning to USS Lexington (Essex-class) during the Gilberts campaign, Nov 1943.

USAAF P-38J Lightning aircraft in flight, late 1943	USS Lexington (Essex-class) steaming in the Pacific en route strikes against Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Nov 1943