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 ...

In honor of its 90th anniversary, The New Yorker has removed the paywall for a 1944 article in which A.J. Liebling reports from a crowded LCIL, short for Landing Craft, Infantry, Large, waiting to ...

Several, such as the Dukw, the Landing Craft Infantry (Large), and the Mk V L.C.T. emanated from the U.S.A., as did the much larger L.S.T. Between Dunkirk and D-Day, Britain developed a series of ...

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.

Harrington, a member of Company A, 149th Engineer Combat Battalion, was on a Landing Craft Infantry 92 headed for the beach when it struck an underwater mine, causing the craft to burst into flames.

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.

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. Assigned to Company B, 149th Engineer Combat ...

Departing the Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) vessel, amphibious craft that carried up to 200 soldiers at-a-time, was necessary to prevent Germans from clearly seeing aggregated, or condensed ...

(Landing Craft Infantry) is one of 951 such vessels built in the latter half of World War II. An LCI could transport as many as 200 soldiers to a beach landing. LCI 713 was purchased at auction in ...