Higgins employees and U.S Navy personnel boarding an LCVP during ceremony in New Orleans in 1944
Gift in memory of Andres N. Horcasitas, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Higgins employees and U.S Navy personnel boarding an LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] on Lake Ponchatrain during celebration for completion of the U.S. Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat. "File No. 631C-11. Subject: Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat. Date: Jul 23, 1944." New Orleans, Louisiana. 23 July 1944.
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$120.00
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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