Andrew Jackson Higgins finished ahead of time in New Orleans, and won WW II is a consequence.  City streets were converted into factory expansions, street lights were retimed to speed deliveries to the various shipyards in New Orleans.

To insure adequate materials in case of war, he bought the entire 1941 Phillipines mahogany harvest.  All of which ended up on various invasion beaches.

A major reason that the offical US WW II museum is a mile from my home on Andrew J. Higgins Blvd..

I LOVE Higgins boats!