Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Launching ceremony of submarine Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942	Launching of submarine Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942	Mrs. Frederick Crisp christening submarine Tunny, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942; Commander Lemuel Padget and Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell were also present	Pilots of the four Patrol Squadron 24 (VP-24) and Patrol Squadron 51 (VP-51) PBY-5A "Catalina" patrol bombers that flew the torpedo attack mission against the Japanese fleet's Midway Occupation Force

Stern view of the Tunny on the building ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942	Submarine Tunny immediately after launching, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 30 Jun 1942	Wreckage of the Sikorsky XPBS-1 patrol bomber that was destroyed after hitting a submerged log while landing at Alameda, California, United States 30 Jun 1942 with Admiral Chester Nimitz on board.	A cutaway showing the internal arrangement of an M4A4 Sherman

A view of the CalShip yards from a Liberty-ship at the fitting out docks, Los Angeles, California, United States, circa 1942. Note scaffolding of the shipways at left.	African-American Howard Wilson making a pair of paratrooper boots at a sewing machine in the C & E Shoe Shop at Fort Benning, Georgia, United States, Jul 1942	Colonel William E. Bergen reading medal citations while Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell and Major General F. C. Sibert looked on, India, mid-1942	Combat training exercises aboard PT-107, an 80-foor Elco torpedo boat, circa 1942. Note twin Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns and sailor astride Mk 6 depth charge.

Francisco Castillo Najera, Franklin Roosevelt, Manuel Quezon, Cordell Hull, and other Allied leaders at the White House, Washington DC, United States, Jul 1942	Lieutenant Colonel Frank Dorn (Silver Star), Colonel Robert P. Williams (Purple Heart), and Lieutenant Colonel Frank Merrill (Purple Heart) having just been awarded medals, India, mid-1942	Lieutenant Colonel Frank Dorn, Colonel Robert P. Williams, and Lieutenant Colonel Frank Merrill receiving medals, India, mid-1942	Lieutenant Commander John Bulkeley, United States Navy, at the helm of motor torpedo boat PT-64, a 77-foot Elco boat, Melville, Rhode Island, United States, circa 1942.

Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding medals, India, mid-1942	Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding medals, India, mid-1942	Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding medals, India, mid-1942	Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding medals, India, mid-1942