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<blockquote data-quote="floodstang" data-source="post: 16867090" data-attributes="member: 77899"><p>I had one Grandfather that was in the Pacific during WWll. He was a Cockswain on a Higgins Boat. I know that's a weird name but that's what they called the guys that drove the boats. He never talked too much about it, but he did say he knew Ernie Pyle, a famous WWll journalist. He brought him ashore to some island on his boat. </p><p></p><p>My other Grandfather who was not in WWll due to having Polio in his right leg, worked at the Higgins factory building the boats. He used to tell my how they would take the boats out in Lake Pontchartrain to test them and run them right up the concrete steps that lead down into the water along Lakeshore Drive. Fast forward a few years ago when my son was still in school, we went on a field trip to the WWll Museum. I was watching a video in the Higgins Boat exhibit and they showed one of the boats run right up the steps just like he said they did. And one of the men in the boat looked just like my Grandfather! The video was running on a constant loop but it was pretty long according to one of the workers and I did not have time to watch the whole thing again. I'm pretty convinced it was him, but I'll probably never know. </p><p></p><p>I find it very interesting that one of them built the boats and the other one drove them. They both are from New Orleans and never knew each other until my parents started dating in the mid-sixties. I sure wish I would have talked to them more about it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="floodstang, post: 16867090, member: 77899"] I had one Grandfather that was in the Pacific during WWll. He was a Cockswain on a Higgins Boat. I know that's a weird name but that's what they called the guys that drove the boats. He never talked too much about it, but he did say he knew Ernie Pyle, a famous WWll journalist. He brought him ashore to some island on his boat. My other Grandfather who was not in WWll due to having Polio in his right leg, worked at the Higgins factory building the boats. He used to tell my how they would take the boats out in Lake Pontchartrain to test them and run them right up the concrete steps that lead down into the water along Lakeshore Drive. Fast forward a few years ago when my son was still in school, we went on a field trip to the WWll Museum. I was watching a video in the Higgins Boat exhibit and they showed one of the boats run right up the steps just like he said they did. And one of the men in the boat looked just like my Grandfather! The video was running on a constant loop but it was pretty long according to one of the workers and I did not have time to watch the whole thing again. I'm pretty convinced it was him, but I'll probably never know. I find it very interesting that one of them built the boats and the other one drove them. They both are from New Orleans and never knew each other until my parents started dating in the mid-sixties. I sure wish I would have talked to them more about it! [/QUOTE]
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