Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Portraits of Japanese-American internees at the Manzanar Relocation Center, California, United States, 1943	Profile view of German 10 cm Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun, circa 1940s; seen in US Army manual TM-E 30-451 'Handbook of German Military Forces'

PT-114 and other PT Boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 6 (MTBRon 6) on patrol in the Solomon Islands or the New Guinea area, 1942-43. Note twin Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns in foreground.	PT-208, a Higgins 78-foot motor torpedo boat in zebra paint, receiving three new Packard W-14 M2500 replacement engines at Bizerte, Tunisia, 1943. Note the raised rocket launcher rails on the bow.

PV-1 Ventura aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-125, 1943	PV-1 Ventura aircraft of US Navy patrol bomber squadron VPB-132 flying over the Florida coast, United States, early 1943

RAF Air-Sea Rescue launch and Wellington bomber going to pick up a downed crew off the coast of Sollum, Egypt. 1941-44.	Rear view of German 10 cm Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun, circa 1940s; seen in US Army manual TM-E 30-451 'Handbook of German Military Forces'

Sailors and officers on board Tirpitz	Sailors watching USS Alabama, Atlantic Ocean, 1943

SB2C Helldiver getting a wave-off from USS Bunker Hill, 1943. Note Helldiver in the distance with wheels up but flaps down, apparently preparing for a water landing.	SBD Dauntless suffers the huge consequences of small mistakes when attempting to land aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943.

Scharnhorst in floating dry dock 40K, Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany, 1943	SdKfz 138-139 Marder III with Russian 7.62cm anti-tank gun abandoned in North Africa, 1943.

Sea Jeeps and regular Jeeps of US Army 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment, date unknown	Sergio Osmeña speaking to troops of the US Army 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment, Camp San Luis Obispo, California, United States, 1942-1944

Seven United States Navy officers and one Chief Petty Officer pose with the station’s first Mark XIV torpedo at the Naval Torpedo Station at Keyport, Washington, United States, 1943.	Seven US Navy K-class airships from Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-31 inside one of the two LTA (lighter than air) hangars at NAS Santa Ana, California, United States, 1943.

SNB Expeditor sitting in frot of the control tower at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, US Territory of Hawaii, 1940s	SOC Seagull aircraft just launched from catapult of a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser, circa 1942-1943