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From 1999: The Higgins Boats that won WWII

In this story first broadcast on "Sunday Morning" on June 6, 1999, Charles Osgood explores the history of the landing boats designed by Charles Higgins, which made possible the Allied assaults at Normandy and elsewhere during World War II, and meets veterans and boatbuilders recreating the iconic craft.
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