The City of New Bedford Veterans’ Advisory Board and the Fort Rodman-Fort Taber Historical Association will honor the 749 United States sailors and soldiers who lost their lives during the devastating April 28, 1944 attack on the United States military training operation, Exercise Tiger. Exercise Tiger was a D-Day dry run which was ambushed by a German E-boat flotilla and resulted in America’s costliest incident of World War II, second only to Pearl Harbor.
A memorial ceremony will honor the service members who perished in this incident, on Sat., 4/28, at 1 p.m. at the Fort Rodman-Fort Taber Military Museum, 1000 Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford. All veterans are invited to attend and are asked to proudly display their service insignia. For more info, contact Peter Clark, at peter.clark@newbedford-ma.gov.
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