Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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American troops carrying supplies inland from Anzio, Italy, May-Jun 1944	An A-20B Havoc being refueled from fuel drums from a G-506 truck, circa 1944, probably in Italy.

B-17G Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Squadron are joined by a damaged P-38J Lightning fighter on the return from a mission, before 10 Jun 1944. Note feathered engine on the P-38 with oil stains covering the engine cowling	B-24 Liberators of the 27th and 38th Bombardment Squadrons, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, June 1944.

B-26 Marauder departing from a bomb strike on Auderville, France, Jun-Jul, 1944	Captain Dixie Kiefer (right) talking it over with his executive officer Commander Willian O. Burch on the bridge of the USS Ticonderoga during her shakedown cruise, Jun 1944.

Captain Edwards of the 47th Bomb Group prepares to fly his final mission in his A-20B Havoc, “Camille C,” 1944, Italy. Note the plane’s markings for 65 bombing missions.	Chinese mortar regiment going through entrance to Ramgarh Training Center, India, Jun 1944; note US instructor at the head of column

Chinese officers receiving instruction in bulding rafts for personal equipment in the sniper course at the Infantry Training Center, Guilin, Guangxi, China, Jun 1944; note Zhongzheng Type rifles	Cisterna, Italy in ruins, May-Jun 1944

Early production Willys Jeep heavily field modified into a litter Jeep carrying wounded soldiers and medics on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944.	Essex-class carrier Yorktown underway in the Mariana Islands, Jun 1944; note camouflage Measure 33, Design 10a; also F6F Hellcat fighters, TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, and SB2C Helldiver dive bombers

F6F Hellcat fighter landing on USS Ticonderoga, Jun-Jul 1944	General George Marshall visits General Mark Clark, commander of the US 5th Army, at his Command Post near Tuscania, Italy where the two generals discussed “Operation Anvil.” June 1944

General Joseph Stilwell holding a roadside conference with Brigadier General Lewis Pick whose engineers were instrumental in the completion of the Burma Road, Burma, 1944.	George Bush in the cockpit of his TBF Avenger torpedo bomber, mid-1944

German troops withdrawing from Rome, Italy by horse-drawn carts, Jun 1944	In a port in England, a loaded LCVP Landing Craft from the Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman brought troops to the ship for the crossing to Normandy, June 1944. Note Rhino barge loaded with WC54 Ambulances

Indianapolis under Japanese shore bombardment off Saipan, Jun 1944	Liberty ship unloading two CCKW trucks and other supplies onto a Rhino cargo barge off the Normandy beaches, Jun 1944.