RAF MILDENHALL — For decades, few people other than the survivors of the freezing waters off the coast of Slapton Sands knew how 749 men died in one of the worst American training disasters of World ...

A British man hopes to raise money to erect a wall of names on the beach at Slapton Sands where several hundred Americans died in the run-up to the D-Day invasion of World War II. Ian Davidson wants ...

Unsung American D-Day troops killed by Nazis in British waters as they rehearsed for the momentous landings have been remembered in a poignant art installation. Bootprints of 749 GIs have been laid ...

A service has taken place to commemorate the 80th anniversary of a D-Day exercise tragedy. In 1944, 639 American soldiers and sailors died when their vessels were attacked by German E-boats during a ...

This contribution to People’s War was received by the Action Desk at BBC Radio Norfolk and submitted to the website with the permission and on behalf of Mr Norman Wills In November 1943 my Father ...