Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Octagon Conferece, Sep 1944; sitting: Marshall, Leahy, Roosevelt, Churchill, Brooke, Dill; standing: Hollis, Ismay, King, Portal, Arnold, Cunningham	Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower, Pierre Kœnig, and Arthur Tedder in Paris, France, 1944

Philippe Leclerc speaking to soldiers, 1944	Philippe Leclerc, circa 1944

Philippe Leclerc, circa 1944	SB2C-1C Helldiver of Bombing Squadron 2 has its landing gear tangled in the arresting cables after a landing on USS Hornet (Essex-class), Mar-Sep 1944.

Sep 1944 aerial photo looking south-southwest showing Kahului Naval Air Station on Maui, Hawaii.	Sketch of an 80-foot PT-Boat in the set up used for Mediterranean service; note the fewer guns, aft positioning of the torpedoes, and the lack of rocket launchers or depth charge racks compared to Pacific boats.

Spitfire LF VIII of 451 Squadron RAAF with USN blimp K-112 of Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-14 at French naval air base, Cuers-Pierrefeu, near Toulon, France, Sep 1944.	United States Army A-20 Havoc on a bombing raid against the oil storage facilities at Boela (now Bula) on Serem Island west of New Guinea in the Dutch East Indies, fall 1944.

United States Navy or Coast Guard beaching crews working around a PBM-5 Mariner on the ramp of an unknown seaplane base in the Atlantic area, 1944-45. Note the unusual squadron insignia on the nose.	US Army African-American aviators crew chief Staff Sergeant Alfred D. Norris and pilot Captain William T. Mattison prepared for a mission with a P-51 Mustang fighter, Italy, circa Sep 1944

US Army African-American Staff Sergeant William Accoo, crew chief of a P-51 Mustang aircraft, washed the aircraft he was in charge of, Italy, circa Sep 1944	US Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo trucks unloading supplies from US Navy LSTs in Marseille, France, Sep 1944

US Army soldiers fighting in the streets of Brest, France during the mop up operations, Sep 1944	US Army troops trying load a Jeep into the side door of a Horsa I glider. A combat load would have backed the Jeep in. The Horsa II nose section was hinged and swung out of the way for straight-in loading.

US Army trucks of the 'Red Ball Express' moving through a regulating point, possibly France, circa mid-1944	US Marine Corps F4U-1 Corsair fighter with drop tanks, Gaudalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sep 1944

US Marines moving supplies ashore across the beachhead on Peleliu, Palau Islands, late Sep 1944. What appears to be water in the lower left is actually the wing of the photo plane.	USS ABSD-1 with four LST transports in the dock, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, date unknown; seen in Oct 1971 issue of US Navy publication All Hands