Hey guys, Ive been lookin round and I havent really found a post on the higgins boat so I guess im going to start one. THE HIGGINS BOAT PROJECT <span style="color:#6633FF">"'Andrew Higgins..'..Eisenhower said..'..is the man who won the war for us.' My face must have shown the astonishment I felt at hearing such a strong statement from such a source. Eisenhower went on to explain, 'If Higgins had not designed and built those LCVPs, we never could have landed over an open beach. The whole strategy of the war would have been different.'" Stephen E. Ambrose D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944: THE CLIMACTIC BATTLE OF WORLD WAR II </span> I think that the viechles that one the war for us are repeatedly overlooked this played a huge! part in the D-Day landings! common guys gimme ur opinoins
(Lt. Winters @ Dec 3 2005, 10:23 AM) [post=42506]Hey guys, Ive been lookin round and I havent really found a post on the higgins boat so I guess im going to start one. THE HIGGINS BOAT PROJECT <span style="color:#6633FF">"'Andrew Higgins..'..Eisenhower said..'..is the man who won the war for us.' My face must have shown the astonishment I felt at hearing such a strong statement from such a source. Eisenhower went on to explain, 'If Higgins had not designed and built those LCVPs, we never could have landed over an open beach. The whole strategy of the war would have been different.'" Stephen E. Ambrose D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944: THE CLIMACTIC BATTLE OF WORLD WAR II </span> I think that the viechles that one the war for us are repeatedly overlooked this played a huge! part in the D-Day landings! common guys gimme ur opinoins [/b] This is a good piece on the man himself.................a patriot so called. Makes good reading. http://home.datawest.net/dawog/vaq132/s200...nding_craft.htm
