Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Allied soldiers and vehicles waited to be loaded prior to a practice landing, possibly for the invasion of Southern France, held near Mondragone, Italy, 31 Jul 1944	Japanese 47mm gun, captured east of Tumon Bay, Guam, Mariana Islands, circa Jul-Aug 1944

This 75mm Japanese gun position at Gaan Point wreaked havoc on men of the US 22nd Marine Regiment before it was silenced, Guam, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1944	US Marines checking out a disabled Japanese tank, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul or Aug 1944

Admiral Raymond Spruance, Admiral Ernest King, Admiral Chestaer Nimitz, and Major General Sanderford Jarman at Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944	African-American US Coast Guardsman Aught Guttery, Jr., Steward's Mate 1st Class, on a ship off Guam, Mariana Islands, circa mid- or late-1944

Alaska in the Hampton Roads area, Virginia, circa summer or fall 1944	American naval vessels off Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1944

American prisoners of war being marched past a German Tiger II heavy tank, 1944	Armorers load .50 caliber ammunition into the four Browning M2 machine guns of a P-38 Lightning fighter with the USAAF 1st Fighter Group. 1944 photo probably taken at Salsola Airfield, part of the Foggia group, Italy.

Chinese boy hired to assist troops of Chinese 39th Division during the Salween Offensive, Yunnan Province, China, 1944	Close-up of USS Kete's superstructure, Lake Michigan, United States, Aug 1944

Eight WASP pilots assigned to Greenville AAF, Greenville, Mississippi, United States, Aug 1944. Deanie Bishop is in the front row, second from the right.	F6F-5 Hellcat set for a catapult launch from Escort Carrier USS Kasaan Bay in support of Operation Anvil/Dragoon, the invasion of southern France, Aug 1944

Four WASP pilots in front of a Cessna UC-78 Bobcat aircraft at Greenville AAF, Greenville, Mississippi, United States, Aug 1944. Deanie Bishop on the wing with Joan C Hutton, Emily Porter, and Phyllis M Johnson.	General Joseph Stilwell working in his office at Kandy, Ceylon, Aug 1944

George Patton speaking with French civilians, Aug 1944	Lieutenant General Walton Walker and Major General Lindsay Silvester, France, late Aug 1944

Men of Cannon Company, 9th Infantry, US Army 2nd Infantry Division shelled Brest, France with their howitzer, 1944	Missouri firing full salvo from both forward 16-inch gun turrets during shakedown exercise, Aug 1944; note six super-sonic projectiles at upper right; as seen on page 23 of US Navy War Photographs