Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, arrived at the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward after it was discovered in half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake ...
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 ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A World War II Higgins boat, recovered from Shasta Lake in California, arrived at the Nebraska National Guard Museum where it ...
With a keen interest in history, Dunsdon recognized the boat right away. It was a Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) boat, also known as the Higgins Boat, famous for its many beach landings ...
SEWARD — James Dunsdon was on his day off when he decided to go check on a boat he saw in a photo posted online with a caption that read “mystery boat surfacing.” “It doesn’t look like a mystery to me ...