Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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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	Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding medals, India, mid-1942	Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding the Purple Heart medal to Colonel Robert P. Williams, India, 1942

Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding the Purple Heart medal to Lieutenant Colonel Frank Merrill, India, 1942	Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding the Purple Heart medal to Major Gordon S. Seagrave, India, mid-1942	Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding the Silver Star medal to Lieutenant Colonel Frank Dorn, India, 1942	Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell shaking hands with Captain John H. Grindley, who had just received a Purple Heart medal, India, mid-1942