LCVPs from the USS Samuel Chase approach Omaha Beach under fire on D-Day, June 6, 1944. (U.S. Coast Guard) The Higgins Boats. At Normandy, Trump would crew an LCI (or "Landing Craft, Infantry"), a ...

Landing Ship, Tank LST-422 is seen during World War II before it struck a German mine and sank on Jan. 26, 1944 off the coast of Italy. In addition to its British crew, it was carrying U.S ...

Thirty Marines and sailors were injured on May 1 when two air-cushioned landing craft collided during a nighttime training exercise off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, Navy officials said.