Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Lieutenant Richard O'Kane at the periscope of USS Wahoo during an attack on a Japanese convoy near New Guinea, 26 Jan 1943	Men working in the control room aboard USS Wahoo, 27 Jan 1943 while at 300 feet during a depth charge attack by a Japanese destroyer. They had taken 6 depth charges and were awaiting more.

US President Franklin Roosevelt and Liberian President Edwin Barclay, 27 Jan 1943	Franklin Roosevelt inspecting facilities in Natal, Brazil as he travels back to the United States after the Casablanca Conference, 28 Jan 1943. Brazilian president Getulio Vargas is seated in the back seat of the Jeep.

Heavy cruisers Wichita (foreground), Chicago (center), and Louisville (background) en route to Guadalcanal, 29 Jan 1943, hours before the Battle of Rennell Island	Chicago low in the water on 30 Jan 1943, after she had been torpedoed by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Rennell Island

USS Louisville towing disabled USS Chicago, Battle of Rennell Island, 30 Jan 1943	40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns aboard light cruiser Montpelier, circa 1943

Aerial view of light cruiser USS Montpelier, circa 1943	Montpelier underway, circa 1943

SOC Seagull aircraft being catapulted from USS Montpelier, circa 1943	A welder working at Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California, United States, Feb 1943

Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Card underway in New York Harbor, Feb 1943. Note her Measure 21 paint scheme and also the plainly visible lines of her merchantman hull.	British RAF Ventura bomber over IJmuiden Steelworks, IJmuiden, the Netherlands, Feb 1943; as seen in US Navy publication Naval Aviation News dated 15 Sep 1943

Commissioning ceremony, Female Officer Training School, Hunter College, Bronx, New York, United States, early 1943; note Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, Lt. Cmdr. Mildred McAfee, RAdm. Randall Jacobs	F4U-1 Corsair fighter of US Navy squadron VF-17 landing on USS Charger, Feb 1943

F4U-1 Corsair fighters of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-124 on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Feb 1943	Female welder working at Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California, United States, Feb 1943

French battleship Richlieu at the New York Navy Yard for repairs in Feb 1943 following the Battle of Dakar.	George Patton studying a map in Tunisia, spring 1943