WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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A Roman Catholic chaplain performing mass on the deck of USS Iowa as they closed on the Mariana Islands, Jun 1944. Note the colors of the ship’s paint and the 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft mounts.	A US Army half-track antiaircraft machine gun vehicle backed into the well deck of a US Navy LCT in preparation for the Normandy invasion, late May or early Jun 1944. Photo 1 of 2	A US Army half-track antiaircraft machine gun vehicle backed into the well deck of a US Navy LCT in preparation for the Normandy invasion, late May or early Jun 1944. Photo 2 of 2	American Jeeps being loaded onto LCTs while larger trucks and DUKWs were being loaded onto LSTs, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944

British landing craft, US Army troops, and US Coast Guard LCI(L)s staged at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom prior to the Normandy invasion, June 1944.	Canadian personnel man a portable Triple Polsten 20mm anti-aircraft mount, a descendant of the Oerlikon design. France, Jun 1944.	Crews providing maintenance to PV-1 Ventura patrol bombers of US Navy squadron VPB-147 at NAS Isla Grande, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jun 1944; note rocket rails mounted under the wings	LST-357 loading vehicles in an English port, in preparation for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944

P-61 Black Widow 'Tabitha' of USAAF 425th Night Fighter Squadron at RAF Scorton, England, United Kingdom, circa mid-1944	Printed on Rayon, Blood Chit with Russian text issued to American airmen involved in Operation Frantic on their shuttle bombing missions into and out of Ukraine from bases in Italy and the United Kingdom, 1944.	Private Clyde Peacock and the rest of the 1st MP Platoon of the US 1st Army wait in England to board transports to Normandy, early June 1944. The Military Police would be responsible for managing traffic and holding POWs.	Royal Navy LCA landing craft churn through the waters of a British port, taking American troops to a waiting ship during preparations for the Normandy invasion, circa May-Jun 1944

Royal Navy LCA-1377 carried American troops to a ship in a British port during preparations for the Normandy invasion, circa May-Jun 1944	US Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck with Browning M2 machine gun preparing to be loaded aboard an LST prior to the Normandy invasion, southern England, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2	US Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck with Browning M2 machine gun preparing to be loaded aboard an LST prior to the Normandy invasion, southern England, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2	US Army M4 Sherman tanks and other equipment loaded in a LCT, ready for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944

US landing ships at Weymouth, Dorset ready to board troops for the Normandy Invasion, May-June 1944. Photo 2 of 3.	US troops ready to board landing ships at Weymouth, Dorset for the Normandy Invasion, May-June 1944. Photo 3 of 3.	USS Honolulu at anchor in Purvis Bay, Florida Islands, Solomons, June 1944. Note the Measure 32, Design 2C paint scheme, only two cruisers were painted this way.	Yeoman 2nd Class Bernice Elliot and Yeoman 3rd Class Martha Dietlin watched as Seaman 1st Class Kay Magee tried on her Overseas Cap, Naval Air Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 1944-1945