The US Navy used some of these early ‘Eureka Boats’ boats. After adding a front ramp to the design, the famed LCVP “Higgins Boat” was born. Higgins’ amphibious boat designs allowed for ...

In small villages along coastal Vietnam, basket boats were born out of financial necessity but have come to represent independence. In the early morning hours, fishermen begin their day by helping ...

During the Vietnam War, Wendell Rivers was captured by Vietnamese farmers and taken to a prisoner of war camp, where he stayed for seven and a half years. For POW/MIA Recognition Day the Nebraska ...

Freshly-made basket boats are sun-dried at Phu My basket boat craft village in Tuy An District, Phu Yen Province, south-central Vietnam. Photo: Minh Chien / Tuoi Tre Phu My basket boat craft village ...

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The Vietnamese Communists, or Vietcong, were the military branch of the National Liberation Front (NLF), and were commanded by the Central Office for South Vietnam, which was located near the ...

Higgins had a mock-up made based on a photo of the Japanese vessel. Within a month of beginning work on the new boat, tests on Lake Pontchartrain showed its design was viable. Each LCVP could ...

More than forty years after its conclusion, the Vietnam War is a persistent wound on the American psyche. It is a war that divided families and communities, and sparked massive protests on college ...

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In Vietnam farmers are being encouraged to track the use of antibiotics and monitor disease. Dang Tien Lam was found by locals who heard a child's cries while they were farming near the forest.

ROSCOMMON COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Two people were injured Monday when they crashed a speed boat on Higgins Lake. Deputies were dispatched for a report of a boat crash about a mile away from ...