10,000th LCM produced by Higgins Industries on display at ceremony in New Orleans in 1944
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Gift in memory of Andres N. Horcasitas, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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10,000th LCM [Landing Craft, Mechanized] produced by Higgins Industries, mounted on the platform decorated with American flags and the words: ''NAVY'S 10,000th Higgins BOAT - LCM.' Taken during ceremony honoring this production at Lake Pontchartrain. "File No. 631C-23. 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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Military parades & ceremonies--Louisiana
Landing craft--American--Louisiana