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Many may not remember reading about Andrew Higgins in their high school history books. Young Higgins owned a lumber business in the 1930s, and eventually worked to establish his own shipyard where he built light, shallow draft boats out of southern pine and cypress wood. Higgins was confident in his unique design and just before World War II, Higgins boldly shared his concept that the United States would benefit from lighter, personal boats if they ever wanted to effectively invade by open shore. The U.S. Navy resisted the idea at first, but eventually Higgins' design won out.

From the humble beginnings of Higgins' boat company came the LCVP boat, used to invade Omaha Beach on D-Day and now famously pictured in history books across the country. Higgins' company produced nearly 20,000 boats for the war effort. The boats, nicknamed "Higgins boats", gave the military the ability to transport thousands of soldiers and supplies to the open shore where there was no established harbor. After the war had ended, President Eisenhower shook Andrew Higgins hand and called him "the man who won the war for us." You see, if it hadn't been for Higgins' innovation, our military could not have landed on an open beach, and the strategy of the war would have been drastically different.

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Many May Not Remember Reading About Andrew Higgins in Their... [Derived Headline]

Time and time again throughout our nation's history we see examples of times when American innovation helped us as a nation to reach important milestones o...

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