Alvin was a Private First Class in the U.S. Army
3206th Quartermaster Service Company, Service # 37503126
He entered the Service from Iowa.
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He was one of the nearly 500 soldiers and sailors lost during Operation "
This Exercise was a rehearsal for the D-Day Landings-the Liberation of Europe which took place 6th June 1944. Most reports say that in total, 749 servicemen (551 United States Army and 198 United States Navy) were killed during Exercise Tiger
As a result of official embarrassment and concerns over possible leaks just prior to the real invasion, all survivors were sworn to secrecy by their superiors. Ten missing officers involved in the exercise had BIGOT-level clearance for D-Day, meaning that they knew the invasion plans and could have compromised the invasion should they have been captured alive. As a result, the invasion was nearly called off until the bodies of all ten victims were found.
There is little information about exactly how individual soldiers and sailors died. The US Department of Defense stated in 1988 that record keeping may have been inadequate aboard some of the ships, and the most pertinent log books were lost at sea. The authorities have always denied there was a cover-up-the incident was conveniently forgotten.
Various eyewitness accounts detail hasty treatment of casualties and rumours circulated of unmarked mass graves in Devon fields.
Awards: Purple Heart.
Alvin is also commemorated at Memory Cemetery, Page County, Iowa, USA.
3206th Quartermaster Service Company, Service # 37503126
He entered the Service from Iowa.
Cenotaphhere
He was one of the nearly 500 soldiers and sailors lost during Operation "
This Exercise was a rehearsal for the D-Day Landings-the Liberation of Europe which took place 6th June 1944. Most reports say that in total, 749 servicemen (551 United States Army and 198 United States Navy) were killed during Exercise Tiger
As a result of official embarrassment and concerns over possible leaks just prior to the real invasion, all survivors were sworn to secrecy by their superiors. Ten missing officers involved in the exercise had BIGOT-level clearance for D-Day, meaning that they knew the invasion plans and could have compromised the invasion should they have been captured alive. As a result, the invasion was nearly called off until the bodies of all ten victims were found.
There is little information about exactly how individual soldiers and sailors died. The US Department of Defense stated in 1988 that record keeping may have been inadequate aboard some of the ships, and the most pertinent log books were lost at sea. The authorities have always denied there was a cover-up-the incident was conveniently forgotten.
Various eyewitness accounts detail hasty treatment of casualties and rumours circulated of unmarked mass graves in Devon fields.
Awards: Purple Heart.
Alvin is also commemorated at Memory Cemetery, Page County, Iowa, USA.
Alvin was a Private First Class in the U.S. Army
3206th Quartermaster Service Company, Service # 37503126
He entered the Service from Iowa.
Cenotaphhere
He was one of the nearly 500 soldiers and sailors lost during Operation "
This Exercise was a rehearsal for the D-Day Landings-the Liberation of Europe which took place 6th June 1944. Most reports say that in total, 749 servicemen (551 United States Army and 198 United States Navy) were killed during Exercise Tiger
As a result of official embarrassment and concerns over possible leaks just prior to the real invasion, all survivors were sworn to secrecy by their superiors. Ten missing officers involved in the exercise had BIGOT-level clearance for D-Day, meaning that they knew the invasion plans and could have compromised the invasion should they have been captured alive. As a result, the invasion was nearly called off until the bodies of all ten victims were found.
There is little information about exactly how individual soldiers and sailors died. The US Department of Defense stated in 1988 that record keeping may have been inadequate aboard some of the ships, and the most pertinent log books were lost at sea. The authorities have always denied there was a cover-up-the incident was conveniently forgotten.
Various eyewitness accounts detail hasty treatment of casualties and rumours circulated of unmarked mass graves in Devon fields.
Awards: Purple Heart.
Alvin is also commemorated at Memory Cemetery, Page County, Iowa, USA.
3206th Quartermaster Service Company, Service # 37503126
He entered the Service from Iowa.
Cenotaphhere
He was one of the nearly 500 soldiers and sailors lost during Operation "
This Exercise was a rehearsal for the D-Day Landings-the Liberation of Europe which took place 6th June 1944. Most reports say that in total, 749 servicemen (551 United States Army and 198 United States Navy) were killed during Exercise Tiger
As a result of official embarrassment and concerns over possible leaks just prior to the real invasion, all survivors were sworn to secrecy by their superiors. Ten missing officers involved in the exercise had BIGOT-level clearance for D-Day, meaning that they knew the invasion plans and could have compromised the invasion should they have been captured alive. As a result, the invasion was nearly called off until the bodies of all ten victims were found.
There is little information about exactly how individual soldiers and sailors died. The US Department of Defense stated in 1988 that record keeping may have been inadequate aboard some of the ships, and the most pertinent log books were lost at sea. The authorities have always denied there was a cover-up-the incident was conveniently forgotten.
Various eyewitness accounts detail hasty treatment of casualties and rumours circulated of unmarked mass graves in Devon fields.
Awards: Purple Heart.
Alvin is also commemorated at Memory Cemetery, Page County, Iowa, USA.
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