It was four months later than that before British studies revealed the need for an extra big troop landing boat; to meet the need the big LCI-L (Landing Craft, Infantry-Large) was developed. War ...

On the morning of D Day-plus-one, the LCIL (Landing Craft Infantry, Large) on which I lived was like a ship with a hangover. Her deck was littered with cartons of tinned rations left behind by the ...

Their landing craft, infantry-85 (LCI-85), turned back when the craft hit pilings too far from shore to disembark on Fox Green Beach. The boat received machine gun and artillery fire while stuck.

U.S. Army Sgt. John O. Herrick was aboard the Landing Craft Infantry (Large) 92 en route to Omaha Beach during the D-Day assault on June 6, 1944.

On June 6, 1944, the Landing Craft Infantry (Large) 92 struck an underwater mine and burst into flames as it was steered toward Omaha Beach, France, according to a news release from the POW/MIA ...