Battling it out on Kwajalein
KAREN EARNSHAW
A series of stunning colorized photos of the US Army during the second world war in the Pacific, including a number from the Marshall Islands, were brought to life through vivid colorization by a Welshman. Royston Leonard, from Cardiff, used his master artist skills to reinvent the images … and kindly given me permission to publish them here.
Leonard said: “The Japanese code was to not surrender and to fight to the death which was their way to die in battle with honor, almost no prisoners were taken unless they were badly injured and could no longer fight,” he said. “I’ve seen a lot of photos of the European war in color but almost nothing from the Pacific War.”
PS: To read each photo’s caption, click on it to expand.
To see more of Royston’s images go to the following site:
FOOTNOTE: This story first appeared in The Marshall Islands Journal on Friday, September 10, 2021. You can subscribe to the Journal by going to its website marshallislandsjournal.com
