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 ...

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 ...

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.

(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 ...

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.

Battling rough seas with five-foot waves, thrashing wind gusts and heavy enemy fire, U.S. Navy amphibious landing craft attacking Utah Beach on D-Day actually managed to achieve total tactical ...

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 ...