Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Cotten, circa Jul 1943 off New York City, when she was first completed; note the photo had been retouched by war-time censors to remove radar antennas and Mark 37 gun director, photo 1 of 2	Cotten, circa Jul 1943 off New York City, when she was first completed; note the photo had been retouched by war-time censors to remove radar antennas and Mark 37 gun director, photo 2 of 2

Crashed F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-123 or VMF-124, mid-1943, probably at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal	F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-215 at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, 1943

F4U-1 Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-214 taxiing for take-off at Torokina Airstrip, Bougainville, Solomons, 1943	Graduating WAVES yeomen, Naval Training Center (Hunter College), Women's Reserve, the Bronx, New York City, United States, summer 1943

Higgins 78-foot torpedo boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 13 (MTBRon 13) moored in Attu, Alaska, Jul 943. Note PT-75 and PT-78 nested outboard of their squadron-mate and PBY Catalina patrol plane taking off.	HMS Victorious at anchor in the Solomons, Jul 1943. This was during the period Victorious was on loan to the US Fleet. Note US F4F Wildcats and TBM Avengers on the flight deck.

Japanese midget submarine Ha-19, captured in Hawaii following the 7 Dec 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, toured the United States as part of a War Bond drive. It is seen here in front of the US Capitol, Washington DC, mid-1943	Landing Signal Officers stand-by as an SNJ Texan approaches training aircraft carrier USS Sable for a landing on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943.

Overturned F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-215 at the Munda Airstrip, New Georgia, Solomons, 1943	P-38H Lightning aircraft at rest, Jul 1943

Reconnaissance photo of the two primary oil refineries in Ploesti Romania taken in preparation of the low level B-24 Liberator bomber attack of Aug 1 1943.	SOC-1 Seagull aircraft of US Navy Cruiser Scouting Squadron Seven being recovered by its parent cruiser, Jul 1943

The camera catches an FM-2 Wildcat mid-bounce in a hard landing aboard the training aircraft carrier USS Sable on Lake Michigan, United States, 1943. This aircraft probably ended up on its back, like so many did.	US Army DUKW loaded with oil drums coming ashore at Gela, Sicily, Italy, Jul 1943

US Army Private Lloyd Culuck of A Company, 1st Battalion, US 172nd Infantry Regiment eating a can of Ration B, using the lid as spoon while wearing 12-day-old dirty clothes, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, Jul 1943	US Secretary of War Henry Stimson awarding Lieutenant General Delos Emmons the Distinguished Service Medal, Jul 1943; Brigadier General H. B. Lewis in background

USS Yorktown moving astern in preparation for landing operations, 1943	Wounded Italian soldiers from the Sicily invasion being transferred from a ship to waiting WC54 ambulances at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, July 1943