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Slapton Sands

Anniversary of the loss of 749 American soldiers at Slapton Sands on 28th April 1944. A pack of German E-boats came from Cherbourg and attacked them as they practised for the D-Day landings (the exercise codenamed Tiger). Torcross guesthouse owner Ken Small was responsible for rescuing a Sherman Tank which he turned into a permanent memorial to all those who died in Exercise Tiger. K. Hill with sailors from American Aircraft Carrier anchored in the Bay.