Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Newly converted USS Sable training aircraft carrier on her delivery trip to Chicago, Illinois upbound on Lake St Clair, Michigan, United States. Photo taken from the freighter Joseph Wood. May 24 1943.	GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 open cab long wheel base transport with gun ring being prepared for shipment to North Africa, Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 27 May 1943

Malvina Thompson (sponsor), Mrs. Charles E. Lund (matron of honor), and Eleanor Lund (flower bearer) at the launching ceremony of Archerfish, Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 28 May 1943.	A group of approximately 40 dead Japanese soldiers at a ridge on Attu, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 29 May 1943

F4U-1 Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps fighter squadron VMF-213 'Hell Hawks' being prepared for flight aboard USS Copahee, 29 Mar 1943	Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell greeting Lieutenant Commander Dudley Morton, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943; note Morton's father and Morton's wife Harriet

Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell greeting Lieutenant Commander Richard O'Kane aboard USS Wahoo at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943; note O'Kane's family	USS Wahoo at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943, photo 1 of 2

USS Wahoo at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 May 1943, photo 2 of 2	Launching of submarine Devilfish, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 30 May 1943

Launching of submarine Hackleback, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 30 May 1943	Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell and Lieutenant General Jacob Devers, 31 May 1943

Light Carrier USS Princeton with a deck full of aircraft on her shakedown cruise, 31 May 1943 off Antigua. Photo 1 of 4	Light Carrier USS Princeton with a deck full of aircraft on her shakedown cruise, 31 May 1943 off Antigua. Photo 2 of 4

A French soldier looking over the wreckage of a German Bf 109 fighter at the El Aouiana airfield, Tunisia, circa May-Jun 1943	A Vultee A-35 Vengeance dive bomber in flight, Feb-Jun 1943. This aircraft has undergone the target tug conversion that removed all armament

A wrecked German Bf 109 fighter, El Aouiana airfield, Tunisia, circa May-Jun 1943	African-American members of the Cardozo High School Victory Corps, Washington, DC, United States, Jun 1943

An FM-2 Wildcat in trouble immediately after take-off from USS Sable, Great Lakes, USA, May-June 1943.	B-25 Mitchell bombers of the 42nd Bomb Group on the ramp at Munda, New Georgia, Solomons, 1943. Note B-24 Liberator nose turrets at left.