The Higgins boat itself was rather small and simple. Its cargo space, located at the forward three quarters of the boat, could carry 8,000 pounds, or a little over 3,600 kilograms.

In total, 23,000 Higgins Boats were manufactured during the war — which means other companies built them too. Still, the one found at the lake has a distinctive trait linking it to 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 ...

The Higgins boat itself was rather small and simple. Its cargo space, located at the forward three quarters of the boat, could carry 8,000 pounds, or a little over 3,600 kilograms.

Ever wondered what it was like to land on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day? At the D-Day Ohio reenactment, we got a rare chance to experience the closest thing to it—riding in an authentic ...

Military history buffs, family of veterans and engineers, curious locals and several out-of-town visitors watched excitedly as a Higgins boat rolled into Pawnee Park on July 5. The boat, on ...

A Higgins boat, one that carried soldiers who landed on beaches across Europe, Asia and Africa, arrived at the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Thursday. Skip to content.

From 1932 to 1945, Higgins’ offices were located at 1755 St. Charles Ave., now the site of Houston’s Restaurant. Higgins, born in Nebraska in 1886, moved to New Orleans to manage a lumber company.

The Higgins boat, known as an LCVP, took US and allied troops ashore across Europe and the Pacific. The man behind it, Andrew Higgins, was a prolific inventor who churned out boats during the war.

This Higgins boat is one of nine known to exist in the world today, out of 23,000 that were made.” Meyer says the Higgins boat in Seward was built in early 1942. “It was found in 2021 in Lake ...