The Higgins boat is one of the iconic vessels of World War II. The Higgins boat, known as an LCVP, took US and allied troops ashore across Europe and the Pacific. The man behind it, Andrew Higgins, ...

Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, arrived at the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward after it was discovered in half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake ...

Andrew Jackson Higgins was born and raised 1,000 miles from the ocean — yet he forever changed war fought from the sea. He designed and manufactured the iconic World War II amphibious landing craft ...

A World War II-era boat was discovered at drought-stricken Shasta Lake in California, the U.S. Forest Service announced. The Shasta-Trinity National Forest shared photos of the vessel it called the ...

This holiday weekend, history returns to the Cornhusker State. Just in time for the Fourth of July, an artifact more than 80 years old is making its way to Nebraska: a Landing Craft, Vehicle, ...

Most people know him as the man who designed and produced the famed Higgins Boats that helped turned the tide in World War II, but just like everyone else, he was more than his job. More than 60 ...

SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - Efforts are underway to restore a Word War II landing craft, which was discovered last year at the bottom of California’s largest reservoir. According to officials at the ...

After reading a recent story about PT-305’s return to the John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion at the National WWII Museum, Martin Audiffred submitted a Curious Louisiana query: “Where exactly was the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- The state of Louisiana is being honored in 2023 with a new dollar coin. It honors the Higgins Boat, a landing ship that proved critical in World War II, especially at D-Day which ...