Exercise Tiger- a rehearsal for the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944 in which 749 American servicemen lost their lives
The U-156 sank the RMS Laconia, 2,732 passengers were on board. The US bombed the U-boats attempting to rescue the survivors
Army dentist, killed 98 Japanese soldiers during the Battle of Saipan before he was killed – after being shot 76 times