Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Indianapolis off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 2 May 1943, photo 1 of 2	Indianapolis off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 2 May 1943, photo 2 of 2

SBD-3 Dauntless, F4F-4 Wildcat, and TBF-1 Avenger aircraft aboard USS Enterprise, northeast of Nouméa, New Caledonia, 2 May 1943; note USS Washington in background	USS S-35 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 2 May 1943, photo 1 of 2

USS S-35 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 2 May 1943, photo 2 of 2	Bob Feller posing before a 40mm Bofors quad mount aboard a ship, possibly USS Alabama, 3 May 1943

PT-196, an Elco 80-foot motor torpedo boat, in an experimental paint scheme, Bayonne, New Jersey, 3 May 1943. Note that the paint on the sides is meant to deflect attention while the paint on the bow draws attention.	Brigadier General Haywood Hansell and Colonel Curtis LeMay in front of B-17F “Dry Martini – The Cocktail Kids 4” at Chelveston, England, on the occasion of Hansell’s last combat flight, 4 May 1943.

US Army Private Arthur Ristinen and Private First Class John Weinzinger of 186th Regiment, 41st Infantry Division relaxing in front of Warisota Plantation, New Guinea, 5 May 1943	USS Growler departing Brisbane, Queensland, Australia with her freshly refitted replacement bow, 5 May 1943. Note deck gun forward of the conning tower when it had been aft prior to this refit.

Captain Warren K Berner, left, reading his orders to take command of the training carrier USS Sable at her commissioning ceremony at the American Shipbuilding Company in Buffalo, New York, 8 May 1943.	The training aircraft carrier USS Sable in the icy waters of Lake Erie on the day of her commissioning in Buffalo, New York, United States, 8 May 1943.

USS Ancon, Chesapeake Bay, United States, 8 May 1943	The launching of the USS Robalo at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, May 9, 1943.

US Army Private First Class George Chapman and Sergeant John Eppard working at the Mobile Machine Shop truck of 741st Ordnance Company, 41th Infantry Division at Horanda, New Guinea, 9 May 1943	US Army radioman Corporal John Robbins operating his SCR 188, Dobodura, New Guinea, 9 May 1943

USS Copahee in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 9 May 1943, photo 1 of 3; note three TBD Devastator aircraft on the fantail	USS Copahee in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 9 May 1943, photo 2 of 3; note TBD Devastator and PV-1 Ventura aircraft on flight deck

USS Copahee in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 9 May 1943, photo 3 of 3; note two PV-1 Ventura aircraft	American troops at Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 11 May 1943