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I was fortunate enough to see a Higgins boat in the reconstruction phase by the North Carolina Maritime Museum about a year ago.    BEAUFORT – The North Carolina Maritime Museum will receive a Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel (LVCP) or “Higgins Boat” for restoration on Wednesday, July 30 around 9 a.m. at the museum’s expansion site at Gallants Channel, next to Town Creek Marina. Restoration work will take 6-8 months, and can be viewed at the museum’s Watercraft Center. This Higgins Boat is one of only about 12 such vessels known to still exist. The vessel, which is owned by the First Division Museum in Wheaton, Illinois, is approximately 10 ½ feet wide and 34 feet in length. The age is currently unknown but is believed to be from the 1940’s. More than 22,000 LCVPs were manufactured during WWII. The craft could transport troops from larger vessels right onto a beach, making amphibious assaults possible. LCVP’s carried the 1st Infantry Division ashore at North Africa, Sicily and Normandy.    Dick Schmidt Greenville, NC --- On Sun, 6/6/10, Joe McCary <j...@photoresponse.com> wrote: From: Joe McCary <j...@photoresponse.com> Subject: RE: [IC27A] Re: I remember... To: IC27A@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, June 6, 2010, 4:59 PM   Ralph what a wonderful memory!  In the hustle and bustle of the 21st century we tend to forget those milestones are what enabl us to have the pleasures and joys of our free society.  When you think about it it, our society wasn’t really free; it was paid for by guys who went out in small boats and never came home… Not my idea of a day at the beach.   from the US National Archives (26-G-2343) shot by a US Goastguardsman at Omaha Beach.   Joe McCary Aeolus II. #4795, West River, MD www.aeoluswestriver .net joe at photoresponse dot com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5177 (20100606) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset. com