Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Burning tanker SS R.P. Resor off the coast of New Jersey, United States after being torpedoed by German submarine U-578. Resor burned for 46 hours after being torpedoed before grounding off Barnegat Light.	Seaplane tender Langley being abandoned after being damaged by Japanese bombs, south of Java, 27 Feb 1942; destroyer Edsall by Langley's port side, men in foreground were of destroyer Whipple	Admiral Chester Nimitz presenting the Navy Cross to Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Harold F. Dixon aboard USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Mar 1942.	Aerial gunners of 3rd Bomb Group, US 8th Bomb Squadron (Light) pose with an A-24 Banshee aircraft at Charters Towers, Australia, Jan-Mar 1942

After arriving in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in early Mar 1942, USS Trout crew members stacked 9 tons of gold bars and 13 tons of silver pesos evacuated from Corregidor, Philippines on the submarine’s deck for transfer to the USS Detroit.	Aircraft transport ship USS Kitty Hawk at Berth F-1, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Mar 1942. Note AT-6 Texans and J2F Ducks on top deck with wings removed and trucks on lower deck.	B5N1 taking off from carrier Akagi, circa Mar-Apr 1942	Destroyer USS Shaw in Drydock No. 1 at Mare Islands Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, Feb 1942. Note Shaw’s replacement bow being constructed at the left.

Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding the Silver Star to Chinese pilot Captain Tsang Hsi-lan for actions in the air during the Battle of Changsha, early 1942.	PBY-5A Catalina patrol plane dropping a Mark XIII aerial torpedo during the torpedo’s testing period, 1942	T22 prototype armored car, Mar 1942	Two Japanese-Americans playing a game of Go while awaiting relocation, San Francisco, California, United States, early 1942

Wildcat fighter in flight, Jan-May 1942	Wildcat of VF-41 in flight, circa early 1942	HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942, photo 1 of 2	HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942, photo 2 of 2

MacArthur and Sutherland in the headquarters tunnel on Corregidor, Philippines, 1 Mar 1942	Broadside view of destroyer USS Cummings off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 4 Mar 1942.	Cummings at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 4 Mar 1942, photo 1 of 2	Cummings at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 4 Mar 1942, photo 2 of 2