Drone_pilot
25-04-04, 17:14
A D-Day invasion rehearsal in which hundreds of US servicemen were killed is being remembered in a series of events commemorating the 60th anniversary of the tragedy.
A total of 749 US military personnel were lost when German E boats launched a surprise attack on an Allied convoy.
The US soldiers were killed in the English Channel on 28 April, 1944.
Veterans have gathered for a service at St Michael's and All Angels church in Stokenham, south Devon.
The memorial service is to be followed by a wreath-laying ceremony a few miles away at a US Sherman tank which was recovered in 1984 after being lost at sea during the operation
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A total of 749 US military personnel were lost when German E boats launched a surprise attack on an Allied convoy.
The US soldiers were killed in the English Channel on 28 April, 1944.
Veterans have gathered for a service at St Michael's and All Angels church in Stokenham, south Devon.
The memorial service is to be followed by a wreath-laying ceremony a few miles away at a US Sherman tank which was recovered in 1984 after being lost at sea during the operation
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3656939.stm)