Equipped with an innovative ramp design, two .30-caliber machine guns, and room for some 36 infantrymen, "Higgins Boats" proved instrumental on D-Day. Those landings, still the largest seaborne ...

stating that “Andrew Higgins is the man who won the war for us.” He went... Here’s What You Need to Remember: The boat’s usefulness could not be overstated. Dwight D. Eisenhower ...

founded Higgins Industries in New Orleans. Before the war, the company specialized in designing small shallow-draft boats for ...