LCM in Lake Pontchartrain in July 1944

Gift in memory of Andres N. Horcasitas, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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LCM [Landing Craft, Mechanized] with ramp up in Lake Pontchartrain; other Higgins Industries built boats in the background. Photograph take during demonstration at Higgins Industries event. "File No. 631C-36. Subject: 10,000th boat photographer: Rutherford. Date: Jul 23, 1944." New Orleans, Louisiana. 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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Landing craft--American--Louisiana