Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Zuikaku under attack and smoking, 25 Oct 1944	Zuikaku underway to Battle off Cape Engano, 25 Oct 1944	Zuikaku's crew jettisoning explosives, 25 Oct 1944	Zuikaku's crew saluted the Naval Ensign one last time as she sank, 25 Oct 1944

Zuikaku's crew's final Banzai, 25 Oct 1944	American survivors of the Battle off Samar rescued by an US Navy ship on 26 Oct 1944	As seen from USS Sangamon off Surigao Island, Philippines, 26 Oct 1944, escort Carrier USS Suwannee recovering aircraft. Note the TBM-1C Avenger lining up to land on the carrier and A6M Zero diving on the ship.	Japanese cruiser Kumano bombed by carrier planes in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, 26 Oct 1944. She lost her bow the previous day from a torpedo fired by USS Johnston in the opening shot of the Battle off Samar.

Rear Admiral Carlton H. Wright pinning the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on Seaman 1st-class James A. Camper, Jr. for heroism displayed following the Port Chicago munitions explosion 17 Jul 1944. 26 Oct 1944 photo.	Aerial view of 'Mulberry B', off Normandy, France, Fall 1944. Photo 2 of 2.	A member of the 131st Field Artillery Battalion loading a 105mm shell packed with D-ration chocolate bars for an infantry battalion cut off in the Belmont Sector, France, 29 Oct 1944	The Escambia-class fleet oiler Tamalpais just after she was launched and being moved to the fitting out docks, Marinship, Sausalito, California, United States, 29 Oct 1944.

American ships off the coast of Leyte, Philippine Islands, Oct 1944	Cruiser Phoenix screening escort carriers off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 30 Oct 1944	Firefighters of Belleau Wood fighting flames caused by a special attack aircraft, in the Philippine Islands, 30 Oct 1944; note TBM Avenger aircraft on flight deck and Franklin burning in distance. Photo 1 of 2	German prisoners marching along Joseph-von-Görres-Straße, Aachen, Germany, circa late Oct 1944

Mugford escorted carriers Belleau Wood and Franklin, both damaged by special attack aircraft, off Philippine Islands, 30 Oct 1944; note Mugford's midships 20mm gun crews	USS Langley, USS Hornet, and other warships at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 30 Oct 1944	USS New Mexico, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, late Oct 1944	Captain Dixie Kiefer, right, on the USS Ticonderoga’s bridge during an air attack off the Philippines during Ticonderoga’s first day of combat, 5 Nov 1944.