Higgins employees and U.S Navy personnel boarding an LCVP during ceremony in New Orleans in 1944

Gift in memory of Andres N. Horcasitas, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Higgins employees and U.S Navy personnel boarding an LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] on Lake Ponchatrain during celebration for completion of the U.S. Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat. "File No. 631C-13. Subject: Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat. Date: Jul 23, 1944." New Orleans, Louisiana. 23 July 1944.

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Donor: 
Ms. Helen Pederson
Accession Number: 
2009.428.003
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Home Front
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Topical Subjects: 
Landing craft--American--Louisiana
Collection Level: 
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.
Geography: 
New Orleans
Latitude: 
29.950
Longitude: 
-90.067
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Landing craft--American--Louisiana