Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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An American aircraft carrier deck crewman resting between aircraft landings, off Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, circa Nov 1943	Cuttlefish off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Nov 1943, photo 1 of 3

Cuttlefish off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Nov 1943, photo 2 of 3	Cuttlefish off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 15 Nov 1943, photo 3 of 3

Instrument Panel of a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat fighter, Nov 15, 1943	Line crossing ceremony aboard USS Coral Sea, 15 Nov 1943

US Marines aboard a US Coast Guard-manned transport while they traveled for Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	B-24D Liberator of the 42nd Bomb Squadron being loaded with fragmentation bombs at Funafuti, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Nov 18 1943.

Admiral William Halsey and Commander Joseph Clifton at a party for officers at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, circa Nov 1943	American soldier standing in a Japanese-built bunker at Red Beach, Gander Point, Makin, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943

Battleship Colorado bombarding Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943; note Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D	Battleship USS Maryland firing her main guns in the pre-invasion bombardment of Tarawa, 20 Nov 1943. Task Force commander, Rear Admiral Harry W. Hill, at left edge of photo looking through binoculars.

Bow view of USS Gar at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 20 Nov 1943	F6F Hellcat fighter of US Navy VF-5 preparing to launch off Yorktown (Essex-class) to attack a target in the Marshall Islands, 20 Nov 1943

Minneapolis bombarding Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands with her 5-in secondary guns, 20 Nov 1943; note rings of smoke	Stern view of USS Gar at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 20 Nov 1943

Troops of 2nd Battalion, US 165th Infantry at Yellow Beach Two, Butaritari, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943	US Coast Guard personnel transporting supplies to Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, circa 20-23 Nov 1943; note the wreck of an American LCVP in center of photo

US Marine fighting on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Nov 1943	US Marines fighting on Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2