The Exercise Tiger Tragedy

Season: 5 Episode: 40

Training exercises for the Normandy Invasion, also known as Exercise Tiger, began in the Slapton Sounds, England, area starting on December 15, 1943. However, on April 28, 1944, the rehearsal turned deadly. German E-boats, having slipped past patrols from Cherbourg, France, launched a surprise attack on a convoy of eight U.S. tank landing ships, resulting in significant casualties.

CAST

MOTOR MACHINIST MATE 2nd CLASS NATHAN RESNICK- Garrett Odle

1ST ENGINEER SPECIAL BRIGADE VELDON DOWNING - Mark Vinet

NAVIGATION OFFICER  DOUGLAS  HARLANDER - Mike Moore

GUNNERS MATE FLOYD HICKS - Jodie B

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SOURCES

Torbay Express and South Devon Echo - Monday 01 May 1989

Kansas City Star, May 31, 1994

Exercise Tiger Memorial

Ancestry

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