I heard that piece rerun just this morning, and it said Higgins died in 1952
and the company "no longer exists." Don't know if they continued to exist
after 1952 but it sounded like not, unless anyone else has more specific info.
--Sarah
At 11:19 AM 6/4/00 EDT, you wrote:
>Awhile back there was a thread about Higgins trailers. Yesterday I heard on
>the radio about a Higgins in Louisiana who built all the landing craft used
>to land on the beaches by the allies in WWII . He was called the Noah of
>WWII by Hitler. Do you think he made trailers after the war? Seems to me the
>machinery used would be the same.
>
>Just Plain Polly
>1964 Globetrotter
>WCBBI 7113
>
>
