Here are some new pictures of the WWII Museum from my last trip to New Orleans. I took a lot of pictures in black and white (film) and so I have to wait until that is deveolped to post those. [Photographic note: I shot Tri-X film (ISO 400) at 1600 so it should be grainy - I love grainy! That's why I shot in film.]
This was a WWII Vet volunteer telling us about the higgins boat there.
There was a picture on the plaque that told about boat. He mentioned that the picture seemed to show troops landing on some hostile beach but he said it was no doubt a practice landing. The picture:
The original caption from NARA: "American troops of the 163rd Infantry Regiment hit the beach from Higgins boats during the invasion of Wadke Island, Dutch New Guinea." Lt. Kent Rooks, May 18, 1944. 111-SC-190968.
He said that it was unlikely to be an invasion shot because:
1. The unexploded grenade sitting on the beach
2. The unattended AA machine guns on the boat to the right
3. The bows and tarp in the boat in the middle
4. The fact that the boats haven't come up closer to the shore
There were a couple more I forgot.
Incidentally, the bows I had noticed in that shot before. He said that was so you could pull a tarp over the cargo area. He pointed out the blocks that hold the slates in.
The rest are here. The last 10 are new. Here is a picture of me, Frank Mikolajczak (who went to Okinawa with me), and one of my captains, Keith Huckaby.
