Landing Craft, Vehicle, and Personnel Boat (LCVP) Model

Higgins Industries and Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration1943

U.S. National Archives
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Plastic and wood scale model of an Landing Craft, Vehicle, and Personnel boat (LCVP), aka the Higgins Boat. Made by Higgins Industries. Presented to FDR on October 6, 1943, by Andrew J. Higgins, the founder and owner of Higgins Industries. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library Museum Collection.

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Title: Landing Craft, Vehicle, and Personnel Boat (LCVP) Model
Creator: Higgins Industries, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration
Date Created: 1943
Location Created: New Orleans, Louisiana
Medium: plastic, wood, rope, metal

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