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The Higgins boats broke the gridlock on the ship-to-shore movement.  It is impossible to overstate the tactical advantages his craft gave U.S. amphibious commanders in World War II.

Col. Joseph H. Alexander, USMC (Ret)

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The Battle History of the United States Marines
Many features contributed to the boat's successful adaptation as a landing craft, and when a bow ramp was added at the request of the Marine Corps, the LCVP design was complete.
The boat could land a platoon of 36 men with their equipment,  or a jeep and 12 men, extract itself quickly, turn around without broaching in the surf, and go back out to get more troops and/or supplies.  This was critical - any landing craft that could not extract itself would hinder the ability of succeeding waves to reach the beachhead.  The tough, highly maneuverable Higgins boats allowed Allied commanders to plan their assaults on relatively less-defended coastline areas and then support a beachhead staging area rather than be forced to capture a port city with wharves and facilities to offload men and material.  The 20,000+ Higgins boats manufactured by Higgins Industries and others licensed to use Higgins designs landed more Allied troops during the war than all other types of landing craft combined.  Col. Alexander (cited above)  was accurate in calling the LCVP "...a world-shaking innovation, one that would defeat Germany and Japan as ineluctably as any other technology."