Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Cruiser Phoenix screening escort carriers off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 30 Oct 1944	Firefighters of Belleau Wood fighting flames caused by a special attack aircraft, in the Philippine Islands, 30 Oct 1944; note TBM Avenger aircraft on flight deck and Franklin burning in distance. Photo 1 of 2

German prisoners marching along Joseph-von-Görres-Straße, Aachen, Germany, circa late Oct 1944	Mugford escorted carriers Belleau Wood and Franklin, both damaged by special attack aircraft, off Philippine Islands, 30 Oct 1944; note Mugford's midships 20mm gun crews

USS Langley, USS Hornet, and other warships at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 30 Oct 1944	USS New Mexico, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, late Oct 1944

Captain Dixie Kiefer, right, on the USS Ticonderoga’s bridge during an air attack off the Philippines during Ticonderoga’s first day of combat, 5 Nov 1944.	A crew chief with the 51st Fighter Squadron in front of the P-38J Lightning “Rebel” at Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, 1944-45.

A US Navy PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber of Bombing Squadron VB-136 taking off from Attu, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Nov 1944	African-American troops of the US 92nd Infantry Division shelling Germans with their mortar rounds near Massa, Italy, circa Nov 1944

African-American United States Marine Corps swimming instructor Private Paul Tolliver teaching recruits the breaststroke, Montford Point Camp, North Carolina, United States, Nov 1944	Airplanes on the ramp at Naval Air Station Livermore, California, United States, 1944-45. Note F4F (or FM2) Wildcats, SB2C Helldivers, and TBM Avengers.

American ships anchored off Leyte, Philippine Islands, late 1944	B-17G Fortress of the 96th Bombardment Squadron flying from Italy at the moment of bomb release, 1944-45.

B-24 Liberator of the 464th Bomb Group bracketed by flak bursts from German anti-aircraft guns, Nov 1944.	B-29 Superfortress “Tokyo Local” 882nd Bomb Squadron taking off from Isley Field, Saipan, Sep-Nov1944.

Destroyer escort USS Tabberer in her Measure 31, Design 22D paint scheme in late 1944, probably Hawaii.	F4U Corsair ‘Luscious Lil-Nan’ of Marine Squadron VMA-21 at Orote Field, Guam, Marianas with ground crews taking advantage of a slow moment, 1944.

F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-114 set for take-off from Peleliu, late 1944. Note C-46 Commando.	FM-2 Wildcat in flight, 1943-45. The FM-2 variant is easily recognizable by the slightly taller tail.