American boatbuilder Andrew Jackson Higgins is 'the man who won' World War II – here’s his victorious story. Andrew Jackson Higgins built shallow-draft boats in New Orleans for Delta oilmen ...

Andrew Higgins, center, developed several kinds of landing craft that were invaluable during World War II. National World War II Museum Higgins manufactured more than 20,000 boats during his ...

When WWII ended, the Higgins boat's usefulness did not. The landing craft was used throughout the Korean War, having proven invaluable during the U.S. landings at Inchon, ...

According to Jerry Strahan’s 1998 book "Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II," Higgins, who had outgrown a location on St. Charles Avenue, acquired the Albert Weiblen ...

Without a doubt, this boat was the most strategically important item during World War II.” General Dwight Eisenhower called Higgins “the man who won the war for us.” ...

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, Personnel (LCVP) boat, or the “Higgins Boat,” — a 36-feet ...

About 23,000 Higgins boats were made during World War II, Mr. Meyer said, and they were credited with helping to change the way the war was fought by giving American troops easier access to open ...

The World War II Higgins boat PA31-17 is loaded onto a trailer Dec. 21, 2021, after being salvaged from Shasta Lake, California. It arrived in Seward, Nebraska, Sunday, to be put on display at the ...

A World War II boat that stormed enemy beaches finds its final shore, unloaded at the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward."It's been a whirlwind tour for this thing and you got to remember ...

This boat was deserted in the desert. A WWII boat that was intentionally sunk in the major reservoir of Lake Mead is emerging from the water as the reservoir continues to shrink. Water levels have … ...

The U.S. Forest Service Shasta Trinity Unit said the Higgins Boat, known as “The Ghost Boat” from World War II surfaced in the lake as its water dried up. The boat surfaced in the fall of 2021.