Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Crewman of USS Cero, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Jul-Aug 1943	Escort carrier USS Card with TBF-1 Avengers and F4F-4 Wildcats of Composite Squadron VC-1 steaming into the Atlantic, about Aug 1943. Note the airplanes painted white.

F4U-1A fighters of Navy Squadron VF-17 transiting the Panama Canal on the flight deck of an Escort Carrier, circa Aug 1943. Note the unusual National Insignia on the lower surfaces of the folded wings.	Forward torpedo tubes of USS Cero while the submarine was at base at Groton, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943

General Dwight Eisenhower pausing for the camera before taking off in a Piper L-4 Grasshopper scout plane in Italy, circa Aug 1943	General Dwight Eisenhower presenting the Distinguished Service Medal to Major General James Doolittle at a ceremony in North Africa, probably Tunisia, late 1943.

George Patton and Lieutenant Colonel Lyle Bernard, CO, 30th Infantry Regiment discussing strategy near Brolo, Sicily, Italy, circa Jul-Aug 1943	Helmsmen of USS Cero, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Jul-Aug 1943

HMS Victorious refueling from a US Navy Fleet Oiler about Aug 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.	Looking forward along deck from stern of USS Marlin, off coast of New London, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943

Lunch time at the Vega aircraft plant, Burbank, California, United States, Aug 1943; 2,750 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were built by Vega during WW2	M3 Half-Track mounted with two 3-tube rocket launchers at the Bengal Air Depot near Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, 1942-45.

M3 light tanks of US 9th Marine Defense Battalion near the base of Bibilo Hill, Munda, New Georgia, Aug 1943	Man working on hull of US submarine at Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Aug 1943

Officers and men at the bridge of USS Cero, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Jul-Aug 1943	PB4Y-1 Liberator from a US Navy patrol squadron based in the United Kingdom in flight, Aug 1943. Photo 2 of 2.

Planesmen of USS Cero, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Jul-Aug 1943, photo 1 of 2	Planesmen of USS Cero, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Jul-Aug 1943, photo 2 of 2

Port side view of USS Cero, Groton, Connecticut, United States, Jul-Aug 1943	Seaman 2nd Class Mary Garrell operating the switchboard at WAVES Quarters 'D', Washington, DC, United States, Aug 1943