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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — In front of 1755 St.

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 ...

U.S. Army troops wade ashore from a Higgins Boat’ landing craft at Omaha Beach during the Invasion of Normandy, D-Day, June 6, 1944. (U.S. Navy/MCT) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower meets with U.S. Army ...

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 ...