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| Keywords: HigginsViaUSCG239266.jpg en NEW ORLEANS - Clockwise from far left Joel Madere Ed Daroca Bruce Harris and George Benedetto take a newly-restored Higgins LCP L boat out for a test run June 12 in the Industrial Canal New Orleans The four men along with numerous other volunteers spent thousands of hours restoring the Higgins boat to 85 percent of its original condition as part of a restoration project for the National D-day Museum in New Orleans The boat's hull number P10-21 was dedicated in memory of Coast Guard Signalman Douglas Munro who lost his life rescuing a battalion of Marines trapped by enemy Japanese forces at Point Cruz Guadalcanal Sept 27 1942 U S Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Cangemi U S Coast Guard press release U S Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Cangemi 6/12/2004 http //cgvi uscg mil/media/main php/v/photography/239266 jpg html PD-USGov 2004 in New Orleans Boats in New Orleans Industrial Canal LCVP | ||||
