May we learn from this past. Later that Tuesday morning, the greatest amphibious assault in human history was unleashed. Our American warriors set out to take Omaha and Utah beaches. They rode in Higgins boats, a masterstroke of American engineering, manufactured by the blue collar grit of 20,000 workers in New Orleans. The ramps of those boats dropped and our men threw themselves, hurled themselves into the waves and onto the blood stained sand. (04:53–05:04)
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Asserts that Higgins boats were a significant American engineering achievement, produced by 20,000 workers in New Orleans.
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