Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Salmon at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 16 Aug 1944	Ammunition dump explosion in Cherbourg harbor, France, 17 Aug 1944

Propellers and after-bodies of Mark XV torpedoes at the Amertorp torpedo factory, Forest Park, Illinois, United States, 17 Aug 1944.	Russian Army Captain Orset Chevstov receiving a painting from African-American merchant seaman and artist George Wright, 18 Aug 1944; note painting theme of Russo-American cooperation

Air Attack on German submarine U-1229 by Lt(jg) Bernard Sissler flying from USS Bogue, 20 Aug 1944. The submarine was sunk with 18 killed and 41 surviving. Note the raised “Schnorkel” device.	American troops posing with a captured Nazi flag and a wrecked German tank, Chambois, France, 20 Aug 1944

B-26 Marauder bomber 'Flossies Fury' hit directly by a ground-based 88mm anti-aircraft shell over Toulon, France, 20 Aug 1944.	Battleship Missouri, large cruiser Alaska, escort carrier Croatan, and destroyers at Norfolk Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, 20 Aug 1944

Charles de Gaulle spoke at the balcony of Hotel de Ville, Cherbourg, France, 20 Aug 1944	Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighters of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron in formation over Western Europe, late Aug 1944

WAVES personnel examining a 20mm anti-aircraft machine gun aboard escort carrier Mission Bay, 20 Aug 1944	WAVES personnel examining aircraft propellers aboard escort carrier Mission Bay, 20 Aug 1944

WAVES personnel touring escort carrier Mission Bay's pilothouse, 20 Aug 1944	USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 1 of 4.

USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 2 of 4.	USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 3 of 4.

USS South Dakota in Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 21 Aug 1944, photo 4 of 4.	French civilians gathering in front of damaged Église Notre-Dame-du-Vœu, Cherbourg, France, 22 Aug 1944

The island of the Lexington (Essex-class) with Capt Ernest Litch speaking with Cdr JM Lane on the upper level and VAdm Marc Mitscher speaking with VAdm John McCain on the Flag Bridge, 22 Aug 1944.	African-American US Army soldiers and American Red Cross workers in Assam, India, 23 Aug 1944; L to R: Cpl Robert Barttow, Pvt James Montgomery, Jeannette C. Dorsey, and Willie Lee Johnson