Andrew Higgins speaking during ceremony for completion of the U.S. Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat in New Orleans in 1944
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Gift in memory of Andres N. Horcasitas, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Andrew Higgins at speaker's platform during ceremony for completion of the U.S. Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat at Lake Pontchartrain.'"File No. 631C-17. Subject: 10,000th boat. Photographer: Rutherford. Date: Jul 23, 1944." New Orleans, Louisiana. Date: 23 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
Flags--American
Military parades & ceremonies--Louisiana