This iconic image shows American soldiers storming the French shores on their way to defeating the Germans who occupied much of France at that time. The picture features the LCVP, or Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel - commonly known as the Higgins Boat. Higgins Boats were created by Andrew Jackson Higgins in New Orleans, and are widely credited with causing the Allies to win WWII.

General Dwight Eisenhower once said, "Andrew Higgins ... is the man who won the war for us. ... If Higgins had not designed and built those LCVPs [the landing craft, vehicle, personnel], we never could have landed over an open beach. The whole strategy of the war would have been different." Even Adolph Hitler recognized Higgins's achievement in ship production, mockingly calling him the "New Noah."