Theodore Roosevelt Jr. purportedly declared as his Higgins landing craft drifted about a mile from ... as he limped back and forth to the Higgins boats, walking stick in hand, to keep the men ...

On that date, Petty Officer in Charge Douglas Munro led the group of 24 Higgins boats and deposited nearly ... Liggett to train as a coxswain for landing craft. With the U.S. entry into the ...