On Friday, April 28, 1944, the American military conducted a top-secret naval training operation on the Slapton Sands beach in England to prepare the Army and Navy forces for the D-Day invasion just 39 days later.
Eight decades removed, Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light will lead the 36th annual national commemoration of the Exercise Tiger operation this Sunday, April 28. During the battle that ensued during the exercise, 749 American soldiers and sailors lost their lives in less than an hour.
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