[nickcarraway]

[It's] all the more staggering when you realize that more people were killed in the rehearsal for the landing at Utah beach than were killed in the actual landing at Utah beach. - Giles Milton April 28, 2012

[Forgotten Amendments]

Thanks!

[Flag_This]

Rush has mentioned this incident a few times over the years and he has repeatedly referred to it as a “training accident.” Always grates my nerves.

[Brilliant]

On the other hand, the rehearsal might be one of the reasons the D-Day casualties were lighter than predicted.

[Gay State Conservative]

I had forgotten all about that.Very,very sad story.The Greatest Generation.

[texas booster]

My father was injured during this training. Blown eardrums from the shells landing too near.

Due to secrecy, he was barely patched up and several from his unit were sent to Attu or Atak in the Aleutians.

He actually hated that he could not land on Normandy due to this snafu.

Became a communications officer as a result, allowing him to survive the war and join the AF when it was created.

[Jack Hammer]

The very definition of FUBAR.