Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Two British minesweepers detonated German mines in Cherbourg's Grande Rade, just before the entry of supply ships, 2 Jul 1944; note Fort l'Ouest in the background	USS West Virginia in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 7D near Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 2 Jul 1944

Submarine Spot at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 3 Jul 1944; note oil storage Barge YOS-1 in background	Submarine Spot at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 3 Jul 1944; note submarine Trepang in background

United States Army paratroopers landing on the Kamiri airstrip on Noemfoor Island off New Guinea, 3 Jul 1944. Note B-17 fortress patrolling high overhead.	US Marines running through streets of Garapan while engaging in street fighting, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 3 Jul 1944

USS Trepang at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 3 Jul 1944, photo 1 of 2	USS Trepang at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 3 Jul 1944, photo 2 of 2

Commissioning ceremony of USS Blackfin, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 4 Jul 1944	Generals Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley share a laugh as they leave Gen Ira Wyche’s 79th Division headquarters in Huanville, Normandy, France, July 4, 1944.

P-51D Mustang 'Fools Paradise IV' fighter of 363rd Fighter Group, US 380th Fighter Squadron at Maupertus Airfield near Cherbourg, Normandy, France, Jul 4-12 1944.	View of Cherbourg harbor's Slipway Number One, looking toward Basin Napoleon III, with the Passe Nord in the background, 4 Jul 1944; note damage from German demolition in the distance

B-17G s/n 42-102547 of the 367th Bomb Squadron was rechristened “Rose of York” by Princess Elizabeth in honor of her 18th birthday at Thurleigh, England, United Kingdom, 6 July, 1944. This photo was taken later that same day at Molesworth, England.	Burial at sea honors aboard escort carrier USS Card in the North Atlantic, 6 Jul 1944. The services were for German Navy Kapitänleutnant Hans Steen, captain of U-233 who had been captured but then died of his wounds.

Burial at sea honors aboard escort carrier USS Card in the North Atlantic, 6 Jul 1944. The services were for German Navy Kapitänleutnant Hans Steen, captain of U-233 who had been captured but then died of his wounds.	F-5C Lightning reconnaissance aircraft 'Dot Dash' at Eurk, Russia, Jul 1944

LtGen Jimmy Doolittle speaking with Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom during a Royal visit to RAF Thurleigh, home of the USAAF 306th Bomb Group, 6 Jul 1944.	Princess Elizabeth, King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom and LtGen Jimmy Doolittle beside the B-17G ‘Rose of York’ after the bomber’s christening in honor of the Princess, RAF Thurleigh, 6 Jul 1944

US Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson greeting a Japanese-American US Army captain of 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Route 68, north of Cecina, Italy, 6 Jul 1944	USAAF Lieutenant Everett A. Thies and his crew chief Technical Sergeant Daniel Nobel posing by their F-5C Lightning reconnaissance aircraft 'Dot Dash', Eurk, Russia, 6 Jul 1944