The Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel—LCVP for short, or simply the “Higgins boat” to most of its users—was “the boat that won the war,” according to General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Like the Jeep or the C
The U.S. 70th Tank Battalion boasts one of the most impressive combat records of any American armored unit in World War II. It landed in North Africa as part of Operation Torch and participated in the