An LCM unloads servicemen onto Lake Pontchartrain beach in Louisiana during 10,000th Higgins built boat celebration on 23 July 1944

Gift of Louis Gilmore, from The Collection of The National WWII Museum
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10,000th boat.' Photographer: Rutherford. LCM unloads servicemen onto Lake Pontchartrain beach, during 10,000th Higgins built boat celebration. Jeep has driven off ship, man sticking American flag in sand. 23 July 1944

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Higgins Industry images from Louisiana
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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
Soldiers--American--Louisiana