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US Landing Craft of WWII, Vol. 1 - The LCP(L), LCP(R), LCV, LCVP, LCM, and LCI

By: Schiffer Publishing

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Naval (Schiffer Publishing)

MSRP old price: $24.99


Product Info

Title
US Landing Craft of WWII, Vol. 1 - The LCP(L), LCP(R), LCV, LCVP, LCM, and LCI
Category
Author
David Doyle
Publish Year
2019
Pages
112
Dimensions
9.25x9.25x.75"
NKG Part #
2147937162
Type
Hardcover

Description

No less than Dwight Eisenhower described Andrew Jackson Higgins as "the man who won the war for us," referring to the landing craft he perfected. Those craft, the WWII LCP(L), LCP(R), LCV, LCVP, LCM, and LCS(L), are presented in this volume (the first of two on US landing craft), along with the larger LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry). These vessels, built in the tens of thousands, formed the armada that put Allied troops ashore in North Africa, the Aleutians, and Normandy and across the Pacific. Though many of these designs were initially planned as essentially disposable vessels, ultimately many of these continued to serve the nation’s need through Vietnam. Some were even heavily laden with rocket launchers and used for close-in support for troops going ashore. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.