DILLSBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– Their official designation was Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel, or LCVP. Usually, they were just called Landing Craft. Sometimes they were called Higgins boats after their ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The City of New Orleans made a massive and unique contribution to America’s World War II effort. New Orleans was home to Higgins Industries. With humble beginnings, Higgins ...

Andrew Jackson Higgins, the man Dwight D. Eisenhower once credited with winning World War II, was a wild and wily genius. At the New Orleans plant where his company built the boats that brought troops ...

The Higgins Boats of World War II were operated by men, not robots. But automated or not, their twenty-first-century successors may prove just as useful. From Omaha Beach to Iwo Jima, the great ...

The pivotal role that New Orleanian Andrew Jackson Higgins and his business, Higgins Industries, played in World War II has been well-documented. President Dwight Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied ...

Key Point: The modern version of these troop carriers may or may not be automated. From Omaha Beach to Iwo Jima, the great amphibious invasions of World War II were made possible by a humble plywood ...

Experience D-Day like never before with an unforgettable POV of the landings at D-Day Ohio. From the deck of a Higgins boat to the chaos of the beach, this re-enactment brings the sights and sounds of ...

The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, ...

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, ...