Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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US Army soldiers recovering remains of comrades at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	US Army soldiers resting at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944

US Army weapons carrier moved through the surf toward Utah Beach, Normandy, after being launched from its landing craft, 6 Jun 1944	US Navy Lieutenant Commander Knapper and Chief Yeoman Cook of USS Texas examining a damaged German pillbox at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944; note covered dead US Army Ranger at right

US troops landing at Normandy, 6 Jun 1944	A makeshift monument to a fallen American soldier at Normandy, France, Jun 1944

A-20G Havoc aircraft over Le Molay-Littry, France, 7 Jun 1944	Americans land on Utah Beach from LCT-475, Normandy, 7 Jun 1944

Captured German submarine U-505 three days after her capture as her tow was being transferred from the carrier USS Guadalcanal to the ocean-going tug USS Abnaki in the western Atlantic, 7 Jun 1944.	Captured German submarine U-505 with salvage crew on deck (distance) being taken under tow by fleet tug USS Abnaki (foreground), 7 Jun 1944, mid-Atlantic.

Escort Carrier USS Guadalcanal off the African coast, 7 Jun 1944. The captured U-505 is in the foreground with a US Navy whaleboat alongside.	Horsa glider and the remains of its occupants, Cotentin Peninsula, France, Jun 1944

Minesweeper USS Tide with her back broken and sinking after triggering a magnetic mine off Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 7 Jun 1944.	Oceangoing tug USS Abnaki takes the captured Type IXC submarine U-505 under tow, 7 Jun 1944. U-505 was captured three days earlier by the USS Guadalcanal hunter group. Photo 1 of 3.

Oceangoing tug USS Abnaki takes the captured Type IXC submarine U-505 under tow, 7 Jun 1944. U-505 was captured three days earlier by the USS Guadalcanal hunter group. Photo 2 of 3.	Oceangoing tug USS Abnaki takes the captured Type IXC submarine U-505 under tow, 7 Jun 1944. U-505 was captured three days earlier by the USS Guadalcanal hunter group. Photo 3 of 3.

TBF Avenger from Escort Carrier USS Guadalcanal overflying the captured German Type IXC submarine U-505 as a salvage crew assembles on the U-Boat’s bow. A US whale boat and an escort stand by, 7 Jun 1944.	Two Ohio United States Coast Guard men, John R. Smith and Daniel J. Kaczorowski, at their gun aboard a transport off Normandy, circa Jun 1944

United States Navy salvage crew on the bow and bridge of the captured U-505 off the West African coast, 7 Jun 1944	US Navy prize crew flying the US ensign over the German ensign on the captured U-505, 7 Jun 1944. The flagship of the hunter group responsible for the capture, the USS Guadalcanal, is in the background.