It was April 28, 1944, six weeks before D-Day, and Vincent Ricciardi, an engineer, was in the midst of Exercise Tiger, one of the most secretive training missions of the war. In preparation for the Normandy beach landing, a convoy of eight transporters sped toward a rocky beach in southwest England, where they were to practice maneuvers under live fire. But nine German warships sailing from Chambourd, France, had found the training group and let loose a flurry of torpedo fire. Before it was over, 749 servicemen lost their lives.

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dublintom

04/29/2012 06:45 AM

Anyone interested in learning more about this story should read The Forgotten Dead by Ken Small (the English beachcomber who is mentioned in the article). The book is available from Amazon.