Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Troops of US 85th Division on Mount Verruca, Italy, 1944	US 15th Air Force African-American pilot Captain Wendell Pruitt leaving his ring with his crew chief Staff Sergeant Samuel Jacobs before leaving on a mission in his P-51 Mustang fighter, Nov 1944	US Navy African-American steward's mates drying silverware in the wardroom of carrier USS Ticonderoga, Nov 1944	USS General William Mitchell (AP-114) embarking units of the US 1st Marine Division for returning to the US, Pavuvu, Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, Nov 1944

USS Intrepid as seen through the 5-inch/38 gun sight of another Essex-class carrier, Nov 1944	USS Iowa, probably off Philippine Islands, Nov 1944	USS Miami, late 1944	USS Pompon in drydock at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, late 1944, photo 1 of 2

USS Pompon in drydock at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, late 1944, photo 2 of 2	USS Reuben James transiting the Panama Canal at the Gaillard Cut (now known as the Culebra Cut), late Oct 1934.	View north from Futa Pass, Firenzuola, Italy, 1944	View of the USS Intrepid flight deck looking aft down the catwalk from the No. 4 5-inch gun mount, 1944-45. Note the arresting cables across the flight deck. Note also the anti-aircraft bursts on the horizon.

Cruiser USS Houston moored alongside repair ship USS Hector in Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands, 1 Nov 1944. Houston was getting repairs after two torpedo hits on 14 and 16 Oct 1944 off Formosa (Taiwan).	African-American US Navy sailors STM1/c Thomas L. Crenshaw (looking at photos) and his bunkmate (writing letter) aboard USS Ticonderoga, off Philippine Islands, 4 Nov 1944	Enlisted crewmen of carrier Ticonderoga being briefed in their ready room prior to an air strike on Manila Bay, Philippine Islands in the following morning, 4 Nov 1944	US Army anti-tank infantry searching for the position of a German machine gun that had fired on their vehicle, the Netherlands, 4 Nov 1944

A Japanese special attack A6M aircraft crashing close aboard the starboard side of the carrier Ticonderoga off the Philippines, 5 Nov 1944. Photo 1 of 3.	A Japanese special attack A6M aircraft crashing close aboard the starboard side of the carrier Ticonderoga off the Philippines, 5 Nov 1944. Photo 2 of 3.	A Japanese special attack A6M aircraft crashing close aboard the starboard side of the carrier Ticonderoga off the Philippines, 5 Nov 1944. Photo 3 of 3.	A Mitsubishi A6M Zero special attack aircraft diving on the carrier Lexington (Essex-class) off the Philippines, 5 Nov 1944. This plane struck the carrier directly outboard of the secondary conn causing moderate damage