Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Song Meiling awarding Richard Cole, Henry Potter, Edgar McElroy (shaking hands), Richard Joyce, and Jack Ahren Sims for Doolittle Raid success, Chongqing, China, 29 Jun 1942	Song Meiling awarding Richard Joyce, Jack Ahren Sims (receiving award), and Royden Stork for Doolittle Raid success, Chongqing, China, 29 Jun 1942

Song Meiling awarding Royden Stork, Knoblock, and Clayton Campbell for Doolittle Raid success, Chongqing, China, 29 Jun 1942	Song Meiling with Brigadier General James Doolittle, Colonel John Hilger, and 1st Lieutenant Richard Cole, Chongqing, China, 29 Jun 1942

Song Meiling with Doolittle Raiders Frank Kappeler, Charles Greening, Kenneth Reddy, Lucian Youngblood, Eugene McGurl, Jacob Manch, Waldo Bither, and Rodney Wilder, Chongqing, China, 29 Jun 1942	Song Meiling with Doolittle Raiders Frank Kappeler, Kenneth Reddy, Lucian Youngblood, Eugene McGurl, Rodney Wilder, and others, Chonging, China, 29 Jun 1942

Crew of the Patrol Squadron 23 (VP-23) PBY-5A patrol bomber that found the approaching Japanese fleet's Midway Occupation Force at the start of the battle	Interior view of a barracks apartment at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, Inyo County, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942.

Launching ceremony of submarine Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942	Launching of submarine Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942

Mrs. Frederick Crisp christening submarine Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942; Commander Lemuel Padget and Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell were also present	Pilots of the four Patrol Squadron 24 (VP-24) and Patrol Squadron 51 (VP-51) PBY-5A "Catalina" patrol bombers that flew the torpedo attack mission against the Japanese fleet's Midway Occupation Force

Stern view of the Tunny on the building ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942	Submarine Tunny immediately after launching, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942

Wreckage of the Sikorsky XPBS-1 patrol bomber that was destroyed after hitting a submerged log while landing at Alameda, California, United States 30 Jun 1942 with Admiral Chester Nimitz on board.	A cutaway showing the internal arrangement of an M4A4 Sherman

A view of the CalShip yards from a Liberty-ship at the fitting out docks, Los Angeles, California, United States, circa 1942. Note scaffolding of the shipways at left.	African-American Howard Wilson making a pair of paratrooper boots at a sewing machine in the C & E Shoe Shop at Fort Benning, Georgia, United States, Jul 1942

Colonel William E. Bergen reading medal citations while Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell and Major General F. C. Sibert looked on, India, mid-1942	Combat training exercises aboard PT-107, an 80-foor Elco torpedo boat, circa 1942. Note twin Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns and sailor astride Mk 6 depth charge.