Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 1 of 2	A Jeep being lowered into an LCM from Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13 – former SS President Roosevelt), manned by USCG personnel off Normandy, June 1944. Photo 2 of 2

A Jeep full of US 101st Airborne paratroopers at a Normandy check-point, Jun 1944. Note Horsa gliders in the background and a box of full M1 Garand ammunition clips in the immediate foreground behind the MP’s leg.	A P-47D Thunderbolt of the 318th Fighter Group is loaded into an Escort Carrier hangar bay by way of the aircraft elevator, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, June 1944. The Fighter Group was on its way to Saipan, Marianas.

Aerial view of Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii with Kaneohe Bay seen beyond the airstrip, Jun 1944.	African-American pilots Capt. Lemuel Custis and Capt. Charles Hall of the US Army 99th Fighter Squadron on leave in New York City, New York, United States, Jun 1944

American and Soviet servicemen address bombs to Germany at Poltava Air Base, Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, summer 1944.	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