SEWARD, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska National Guard Museum recently celebrated the 4th of July with the arrival of a Higgins boat that was found in a California lake. We caught up with Jerry Meyer, who ...

After reading a recent story about PT-305’s return to the John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion at the National WWII Museum, Martin Audiffred submitted a Curious Louisiana query: “Where exactly was the ...

The Higgins boat is one of the iconic vessels of World War II. The Higgins boat, known as an LCVP, took US and allied troops ashore across Europe and the Pacific. The man behind it, Andrew Higgins, ...

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 ...

The United States utilized many vehicles to win the Second World War, with everything from half-tracks and motorcycles to the most legendary tanks and strategic bombers. While every vehicle served its ...

JOEY SAFCHIK REPORTING. WE’RE A WORLD WAR TWO BOAT DISCOVERED IN A CALIFORNIA LAKE WILL SOON BE ON DISPLAY IN NEBRASKA. YEAH, IT’S A HIGGINS BOAT. ONE THAT CARRIED SOLDIERS AND LANDED ORD ON BEACHES ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - She is 78 feet long, 40 tons, and could travel up to 40 knots, or 46 miles per hour, in her prime. “Usually, there were 13 or 14 U.S. Navy crewmen aboard a PT boat like this,” ...

The history and restoration of a New Orleans-made Higgins PT boat will be the topic of tonight's installment of the Nunez Community College Lecture Series, which will start at 7 in the college ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- The state of Louisiana is being honored in 2023 with a new dollar coin. It honors the Higgins Boat, a landing ship that proved critical in World War II, especially at D-Day which ...

A Higgins boat from WWII was found in a California lake because of the drought. Now it will go on display in a museum in Seward.