Learn about Higgins landing craft (LCVP) in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, essential for D-Day and Pacific island assaults.
The second class of vessels discussed includes various types of Higgins landing craft (LCPs, LCPLs, LCVPs, LCMs). These were constructed of wood and steel and were utilized for transporting fully armed troops, light tanks, field artillery, and other mechanized equipment and supplies that were essential to amphibious operations.
These boats were instrumental in making the D-Day landings at Normandy, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Leyte, and Guam, as well as hundreds of lesser-known assaults, possible. Without Higgins' uniquely designed craft, a mass landing of troops and material on European shores or on the beaches of the Pacific islands could not have occurred without a tremendously higher rate of Allied casualties.
- Understand the historical significance of these vessels in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.
- Recognize the variety of Higgins boat types mentioned (LCPs, LCPLs, LCVPs, LCMs).
- Appreciate their role in enabling major assaults across multiple theaters of war.
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