Their official designation was Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel, or LCVP. Usually, they were just called Landing Craft. Sometimes they were called Higgins boats ...

The Allies invaded Europe 81 years ago Friday, and those veterans who were alive for the operation are becoming more and more ...

A WWII story of Lt. Donald Johnson, the D-Day invasion and a touching reunion with a French orphan named Gilbert decades ...

Editor's Note: This editorial, slightly revised, is published annually as a tribute to D-Day. When the United States put its ...

The role played by Coast Guard personnel who crewed the Higgins boats was critical to the success of the D-Day landings in ...