Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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African-American airman Edward M. Thomas, Mar 1945	African-American airmen of the US 332nd Fighter Group at a briefing, Ramitelli, Italy, Mar 1945	African-American crew of US Marine Corps 51st Defense Battalion posed with their artillery 'Lena Horne', Southwest or Central Pacific, circa 1945	African-American pilot of US 332nd Fighter Group signing the Form One Book, indicating any discrepancies of aircraft, prior to take off, Italy, Mar 1945

African-American sailor aboard destroyer escort Otter, circa Mar 1945	African-American US Marines Willie J. Kanody, Elif Hill, and John Alexander on a beach at Iwo Jima, Mar 1945	American troops posing atop one of two knocked-out StuG III Ausf G assault guns near Modrath, Germany, 1945; the vehicles were disabled by US 9th Air Force fighter-bombers	An F6F Hellcat landing aboard Independence-class carrier USS Cabot in the Pacific while a cruiser steams off the beam, 1945.

An ordnanceman aboard USS Wasp (Essex-class) placing tape over the gun ports on F4U Corsairs to keep dust and salt spray out of the guns before they are fired, 1945.	Armorers load belts of .50 caliber ammunition into a P-51D Mustang of the 45th Fighter Squadron, Saipan, Mariana Islands, before flying to Iwo Jima, Mar 1945.	At the Naval Hospital at Bethesda Maryland, United States, Captain Dixie Kiefer (center) signs the cast of Captain George Mentz as Captain Thomas Inglis looks on, early 1945.	B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 29th Bombardment Group assembled at North Field, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1945. Note the large Square-O on the tails that painted over the tail numbers.

C-47 or R4D aircraft delivering mail to US Marines in southern Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945	Captain Edward Steichen, head of the Navy’s combat photography and Director of the Naval Photographic Institute, right, speaking with US Marine Corporal William Damato on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Mar 1945	Catholic mass atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, for American Marines, circa Feb or Mar 1945	Clifton Cates in conference with his staff officers and regimental commanders, aboard a ship off Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945

Damaged and abandoned LVTs sink into the sand as beach activity continues on Iwo Jima, Feb 1945.	Damaged LVT(A)-4 on the beach of Iwo Jima, Feb-Mar 1945	F4U Corsairs of Marine Squadron VMF-222, Guiuan Airfield, Samar, Philippines, 1945. Note the oversized squadron decals on the cowls.	Flag-raising ceremonies at US Marine Headquarters on Iwo Jima, Mar 1945