Servicemen climbing Lake Pontchartrain concrete beach from LCPLs at 10,000th Higgins built boat celebration in Louisiana on 23 July 1944
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Gift of Louis Gilmore, from The Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Servicemen climbing Lake Pontchartrain concrete beach from LCPLs at 10,000th Higgins built boat celebration in Louisiana on 23 July 1944. 10,000th boat.' Photographer: Rutherford. Servicemen climbing Lake Pontchartrain concrete beach from LCPLs; appears to be a practice run for a public crowd. 10,000th Higgins built boat celebration. 23 July 1944
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Higgins Industry images from Louisiana
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New Orleans
Latitude:
29.950
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-90.067
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--Louisiana
Soldiers--American--Louisiana