Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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20mm Oerlikon crews at the base of one of the main turrets aboard USS North Carolina, 1942; note African-American crewmen	A burial detail consisted of captured American soldiers, Luzon, Philippine Islands, May-Jun 1942

A Jeep packed with mortar shells, a mortar tube between the seats, and the mortar plate on the floor, New Caledonia, 1942.	A tractor pulling an SBD Dauntless dive-bomber from a pier on Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, mid-1942. Note LCVPs.

Aerial view of Gotenhafen (Gdynia), occupied Poland, Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2; photo taken by a British RAF aircraft; note battlecruiser Gneisenau (white arrow) and carrier Graf Zeppelin (bottom)	Aerial view of Gotenhafen (Gdynia), occupied Poland, Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2; photo taken by a British RAF aircraft; note battlecruiser Gneisenau (white arrow) and carrier Graf Zeppelin (bottom)

American troops inside a M3 Half-track vehicle during training, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942	An ethnically Chinese soldier of the US Army posing with a Thompson sub-machinegun next to a halftrac armored car, Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942

M3 Half-track vehicle at Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942	M3 light tank in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942, photo 1 of 4

M3 light tank in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942, photo 2 of 4	M3 light tank in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942, photo 3 of 4

M3 light tank in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942, photo 4 of 4	Newly arrived aviation cadets at the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi, Texas, United States submitting to haircut inspection, circa 1942. Note OS2U Kingfisher aircraft.

Scout Car S1 (American) at rest, date unknown; note Browning M2 machine gun on top and two Browning M1921 machine guns in rear	SOC Seagull aircraft just launched from Augusta's catapult, Casco Bay, Maine, United States, Jun 1942

Spitfire Mk. VC aircraft aboard USS Wasp, en route to Malta in the Mediterranean Sea, mid-1942; note HMS Eagle in background	T17 Deerhound armored car, date unknown

Training crew posing with their M3 medium tank at Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States, Jun 1942	Training Squadron 17 lining up for their graduation photo at the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, circa 1942. Note OS2U Kingfisher aircraft.