Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Cruiser USS Salt Lake City laying off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 Jun 1944. Note Measure 33, Design 14D paint scheme. 1 of 3.	Cruiser USS Salt Lake City laying off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 Jun 1944. Note Measure 33, Design 14D paint scheme. 2 of 3.

Cruiser USS Salt Lake City laying off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 Jun 1944. Note Measure 33, Design 14D paint scheme. 3 of 3.	LCT-25 and LCI(L)-497 lay wrecked off Omaha Beach, Normandy, amidst a storm, 21 Jun 1944

Soviet Yak-9 fighters and American B-17 Fortress bombers of the 99th Bomb Group based in Italy, along with Soviet and American crews, at Poltava, Ukraine as part of Operation Frantic, 21 Jun 1944.	US Marine finding a family of five hiding in a cave during the fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 21 Jun 1944

Wrecked American and British landing craft after a storm, Omaha Beach, Normandy, 21 Jun 1944	African-American US Army nurses 2nd Lt Prudence Burns, 2nd Lt Elcena Townscent, and a 3rd nurse treating Sgt Lawrence McKreever at 268th Station Hospital, Base A, Milne Bay, New Guinea, 22 Jun 1944

Thought to be the only photograph taken during the nighttime bombing attack on American B-17 bombers at Poltava, Ukraine, 22 Jun 1944 during Operation Frantic. The bright streaks are likely flares to light up the field.	Wreckage of a 452nd Bomb Group B-17 Fortress as part of Operation Frantic after being destroyed on the ground the night before during a German bombing attack on Poltava, Ukraine, 22 Jun 1944.

P-47 Thunderbolt piloted by Capt Raymond M Walsh of the 406th Fighter Group is silhouetted against the exploding ammunition truck he just strafed, France, Jun 23 1944. The image was taken by his wingman’s gun camera in the following P-47	P-47D Thunderbolt of the 318th Fighter Group being ferried to Saipan on Escort Carrier USS Manila Bay is launched instead to avoid an aerial attack by four D3A Aichi “Val” dive bombers, Jun 23 1944. Photo 3 of 3

P-47D Thunderbolts of the 318th Fighter Group being ferried to Saipan on Escort Carrier USS Manila Bay. Note bomb splashes from an aerial attack by four D3A Aichi “Val” dive bombers during refueling operations east of Saipan, Jun 23 1944. Photo 1 of 2	USAAF pilot Lt Eubanks Barnhill flies his P-47D Thunderbolt off the deck of Escort Carrier USS Manila Bay to ward off an aerial attack from four D3A Aichi “Val” dive bombers during refueling operations east of Saipan, Jun 23 1944. Photo 2 of 2

Wrecked pontoon causeway of one of the 'Mulberry' artificial harbors, following the storm of 19-22 Jun 1944, off Normandy, France, 23 Jun 1944	Crew and aviators of USS Bogue looking at bales of raw rubber recovered from the debris field after sinking Japanese submarine I-52 in the mid-Atlantic, 24 Jun 1944. Note the FM-2 Wildcat.

FM-2 Wildcat of USS White Plains, fly an escort mission, probably during air strikes on Japanese facilities on Rota Island, Marianas, 24 Jun 1944	Open backed forward turrets for the single-mounted 5”/38 caliber guns on the destroyer USS Mahan at the Mare Island Naval Yard, 24 Jun 1944. Note the Mark 33 gun director with fire control radar in the upper right.

PBM-3D Mariner aircraft of US Navy patrol squadron VP-216 being hoisted onto seaplane tender USS Chandeleur, anapag harbor, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 24 Jun 1944	View of the town of Valognes, devastated by Allied bombing during the Cherbourg battle, 24 Jun 1944; note jeep 'Always Ruth' in foreground