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| Main entrance to the extensive National WWII Museum in New Orleans |
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| The famous "Higgins boat" that saved the war was designed and built in New Orleans. |
Tucked up next to the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the Civil War Museum, is the official national museum of World War II. Why was New Orleans selected for this honor? Because Andrew Jackson Higgins, of Higgins Boats, designed the amphibious vessels that became essential for water landings throughout the war. Dwight Eisenhower went so far as to say the Higgins Boat saved the war. New Orleans churned out thousands of these boats.
The museum sprawls over several buildings over several blocks in the Warehouse District and was fully packed when we arrived two days after Christmas. So much detail is each exhibit, that to read all the placards would take a full day. Needless to say, I had to skip some. The artifacts were equally compelling and included General Eisenhower's handwritten letter stating that if D-Day failed, he accepted all blame.
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