During the 1930s, Higgins Industries perfected a work boat, dubbed the “Eureka’’ model, designed for the swamps and marshes of the Gulf Coast. The shallow-draft boat could operate in just 18 inches of ...

The Higgins Landing Craft, Higgins Boat, Landing Craft, or whatever you would like to call it, is one of the most important ...

Coast Guard Gunner's Mate Frank DeVita crawled over the bodies of the dead who lay in the blood and puke covering the deck of the Higgins boat on Omaha Beach to save the landing craft during the first ...

A PBS documentary this week marks the upcoming 60th anniversary of the D-Day landing in France and examines, among other things, Higgins boats, the chief American landing craft at Normandy. I first ...

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 ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The boat’s usefulness could not be overstated. It just might be the most recognized boat of the Second World War. The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel,... Here’s What ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Another piece of history is emerging from the once deep waters near the Lake Mead Marina. A WWII-era Higgins landing craft was spotted this week resting halfway out of the water, ...

A PBS documentary this week marks the upcoming 60th anniversary of the D-Day landing in France and examines, among other things, Higgins boats, the chief American landing craft at Normandy. I first ...