The story about the man, the myth, the legend—New Orleans boatbuilder Andrew Higgins.

In the late 1930s, the U.S. military began developing small boats that could carry troops from ships to open beaches. Andrew Jackson Higgins of New Orleans, who had been manufacturing shallow-water work boats to support oil and gas exploration in the Louisiana bayous, adapted his Eureka Boat to meet the military’s specifications for a landing craft. Designated the Landing Craft Personnel (Large), or LCP(L), it was used in the invasions of Guadalcanal and North Africa in 1942. He was, according to Dwight D. Eisenhower, "the man who won the war for us."

In the late 1930s, the U.S. military began developing small boats that could carry troops from ships to open beaches.

Family members and Higgins Industries workers and their families gathered at the Museum in October 2017 to remember New Orleans boatbuilder Andrew Jackson Higgins. 

George Kearney talks about working for Higgins Industries during the war.