Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

9,499 items in this album on 475 pages.


US Navy airship K-112 of Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-14 based in Morocco making an approach for a landing at RAF Gibraltar, Jul 18, 1944.	View from the demolished pier looking toward shore and more flattened buildings following a munitions explosion at Port Chicago, California, United States, 17 Jul 1944. 18 Jul 1944 photo.

Allied cargo transfer point on Omaha Beach, 19 Jul 1944; note British battleship Centurion in the center of background	Armorers SSgt George Townsend and Sgt George Barker make ready the dorsal quad Browning .50 caliber machine guns of a P-61 Black Widow night fighter, Saipan, 19 Jul 1944.

40mm gun crew of an unidentified American cruiser watched as lighter vessels shelled a Japanese storage dump (note smoke in center), Asan Beachhead, Guam, Mariana Islands, 21 Jul 1944	Brigadier General William Bergin, Brigadier General Hayden Boatner, Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell resting with cups of cocoa while watching a movie at Shadazup, Burma, 21 Jul 1944

Cruiser USS Pasadena in Dazzle paint scheme Measure 32, Design 24D leaving Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States 21 Jul 1944. Photo from a blimp with Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-11. Photo 1 of 3.	Cruiser USS Pasadena in Dazzle paint scheme Measure 32, Design 24D leaving Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States 21 Jul 1944. Photo from a blimp with Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-11. Photo 2 of 3.

Cruiser USS Pasadena in Dazzle paint scheme Measure 32, Design 24D leaving Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States 21 Jul 1944. Photo from a blimp with Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-11. Photo 3 of 3.	Pennsylvania bombarding Guam with her 14-in and 5-in guns, 21 Jul 1944

Two US officers plant the first American flag on Guam eight minutes after US Marines and Army assault troops landed on the beaches, 21 Jul 1944	Carrier USS Ranger as seen from destroyer USS DeHaven as they steamed from the Panama Canal toward San Diego, California, 22 Jul 1944. Note the life rafts stacked in bundles of three.

Carrier USS Ranger in her Measure 33, Design 1a paint scheme as seen from destroyer USS DeHaven as they steamed from the Panama Canal toward San Diego, California, 22 Jul 1944.	Douglas A-20G Havoc 43-9432 “Bevo” of the 387th Bomb Squadron, 312th Bomb Group takes an anti-aircraft hit during an attack on Kokas, western New Guinea, 22 Jul 1944. Photo 1 of 4.

Douglas A-20G Havoc of the 387th Bomb Squadron trailing smoke and losing altitude after being damaged by anti-aircraft fire during an attack on Kokas, western New Guinea, 22 Jul 1944. Photo 2 of 4.	Douglas A-20G Havoc “Bevo” of the 387th Bomb Squadron disintegrates in the water after being shot down by anti-aircraft fire during an attack on Kokas, western New Guinea, 22 Jul 1944. Both crewmembers were killed. Photo 4 of 4.

James Mills serving a doughnut to Dean Hodge at the headquarters of Allied Northern Combat Area Command, Shadazup, Burma, 22 Jul 1944	Major Carl George Arnold reading war news to US Army personnel at Major General Joseph Stilwell's headquarters in Shadazup, Burma, 22 Jul 1944

Personnel of Headquarters Detachment of Allied Northern Combat Area Command resting at Shadazup, Burma, 22 Jul 1944	USS Astoria underway en route to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 22 Jul 1944; note camouflage Measure 33 Design 24d