Andrew Higgins during ceremony for completion of the U.S. Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat at Lake Pontchartrain in July 1944
Gift in memory of Andres N. Horcasitas, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Andrew Higgins stands between two unidentified naval officers during ceremony for completion of the U.S. Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat at Lake Pontchartrain. "File No. 631C-42. Jul 1944." New Orleans, Louisiana. July 1944.
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Items from the 10,000th Higgins Boat event in New Orleans as experienced by Andres N. Horcasitas, Honorary Guest from Mexico as a Representative of the Minister of the Interior.
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New Orleans
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29.950
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-90.067
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Public speaking--Louisiana