Andrew Jackson Higgins was a man that built a boat that was one of the main reasons for winning World War Two. He was the founder and president of Higgins Industries, Incorporated. Higgins was a hot-tempered, outspoken, Irishman that hated bureaucratic red tape and tended to knock down anything that got in his way. He had an incredible imagination and could turn wild ideas into reality.
In New Orleans, Higgins was involved in the importing and exporting of lumber as late as 1930. By 1940 he was producing workboats and prototype landing craft behind his St. Charles Avenue Showroom in a small warehouse. His design and mass production of naval combat motorboats made him rise to international prominence dur
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