U.S. Navy demonstration at Lake Pontchartrain in July 1944
Gift in memory of Andres N. Horcasitas, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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U.S. Navy blimp over Lake Pontchartrain during a ceremony for completion of the U.S. Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat at Lake Pontchartrain. During this demonstration five LCPLs and an LCVP can be seen speeding for the New Orleans shoreline. "File No. 631C-32. 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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Landing craft--American--Louisiana
Airships--American--Louisiana