Andrew Jackson Higgins, a Columbus NE native, created the landing boat that helped win World War II. Columbus honors him with this park. His story:The landing boatThe sidewalk here contains disks from various locations and wars around the world. Below each disk is sand from that location.Omaha BeachUtah BeachGuadacanalGuamIwo JimaCasablancaOkinawa JapanInchon KoreaDanang VietnamCuba