European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse By Nancy l. Torner . Bureau no Ever far from the minds of survivors of exercise Tiger a disastrous . A Day training exercise off the Southern shores of England in april 1944 Are the estimated 749 american Crew members who perished when their ship Convoy was ambushed by German torpedo boats. About 15 of the exercises survivors gathered in the Early morning hours of april 28 on the shores of Tor Cross in South Devon at a memorial dedicated to those who died during the Man Euver 50 years prior. British veterans who helped retrieve the bodies of those who perished in the exercise attended As did . And British officials. A this is a memorial service for us a said Eugene Ekstam 75, torpedoed Gas never saw the longest Day Wisconsin resident who was aboard one of three lists tank Landing ships that were hit during the exercise. The Tor Cross memorial a . Duplex drive Sherman tank that Sank accidentally during a different a Day exercise stands just across from the Sandy Tor Cross Beach As a Stark reminder of the War. It was salvaged in 1984 by local resident Ken Small from the floor of the English Channel about three quarters of a mile offshore and was dedicated to exercise Tiger participants continued on Page 4 is amps Dave own recognizing the killed during a service at St. James the great Church in Slapton England
