Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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March 1945 Nomenclature and Operation guide for the Norden bombsight.	Mark XIII torpedoes on the deck edge elevator of USS Bennington ready for loading onto TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, off Okinawa, March 1945. Note wooden drag rings on the noses and stabilizers fitted to tails.

Navy corpsmen helped a wounded Marine to reach an aid station, Iwo Jima, Feb-Mar 1945. Note crushed Jeep and submerged M4 Sherman tank.	Observers on the front lines relaying enemy positions back to their artillery crew, Iwo Jima, Feb-Mar 1945

Overhead view of plane handlers spotting an SB2C Helldiver aboard USS Bennington, early 1945. This view offers a good look at the large surface area of the Helldiver’s tail plane.	Pfc Angelo B. Reina of the 391st Infantry Regiment guarded his post, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii, Mar 1945

Photo of Essex-class carrier USS Randolph taken from the back seat of an SB2C Helldiver that had just launched, Feb or Mar 1945, Pacific	Plane handlers pushing an F6F-5N Hellcat night fighter of Fighting Squadron VF-82 off an elevator and onto the Hangar Deck of USS Bennington, early 1945

Private First Class John J. Helus (with BAR) and Corporal John A. Hicks (with M1), Iwo Jima, Japan, circa Feb-Mar 1945	SS Davidson Victory under construction, Kaiser Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation yard, Portland, Oregon, United States, Mar 1945

TBM-3 Avenger of Marine Torpedo Squadron 242 at Motoyama #2 airstrip, Iwo Jima preparing for Anti-Submarine Patrol, Feb-Mar 1945	United States Navy Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, 1945

US 4th Marine Division cemetery on Iwo Jima, Japan, Mar 1945; note DUKW and jeep driving in background and wrecked Japanese aircraft beyond	US Marines at Ridge 362 in northern Iwo Jima, Mar 1945

US Navy 62nd SeaBees engaged in moving steaming volcanic rock and ash on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Mar 1945. Note International Harvester two-and-a-half-ton truck.	US Navy PBM Mariner using Rocket Assisted Take-Off packs (RATO) at Port Lyautey, French Morocco, 1945. Note OS2U Kingfisher float planes on the fantail of a battleship at left.

US Navy TBM-3 Avenger over Iwo Jima, Japan, Mar 1945; note Mount Suribachi in center of photo and Allied ships to northwest (left)	USS Spot, USS Sea Fox, and USS Queenfish at Saipan, Mariana Islands, Mar 1945

Vice Admiral Richmond Turner aboard USS Eldorado off Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Mar 1945	Wounded Marines waiting to be transported to Guam, Iwo Jima, Mar 1945