[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 54 (Tuesday, April 20, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S3947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                   TRIBUTE TO EXERCISE TIGER VETERANS

 Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I rise today to honor Hoosier and 
American veterans of Exercise Tiger. Exercise Tiger began as a top 
secret naval ``dress rehearsal'' for the impending Allied Invasion of 
Normandy. In the early morning of April 28, 1944, German warships 
attacked eight American tank landing ships (LST's) without warning 
during the exercise in the English Channel. Two American LST's were 
sunk, and a third was crippled. Of the 4,000-man force, 749 were lost 
in this short battle.
  On April 23, Exercise Tiger veterans will be honored at Crown Hill 
Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana in commemoration of the 55th 
anniversary of the engagement. Tom Glynn, a retired US Navy veteran of 
Exercise Tiger, will lay a wreath at the grave of Frederick C. Carr, US 
Navy, LST-531, who died in the operation at Slapton Sands. The toll of 
a US Navy ship's bell will bring the ceremony to a close, ringing once 
for each of the eight ships involved in Exercise Tiger.
  Because of the sensitive nature of the mission, veterans of Exercise 
Tiger were not properly recognized after the operation. Today's 
ceremony in Indianapolis is the first tribute in Indiana to honor the 
memory of fallen heroes of the battle. I ask my colleagues to join me 
today in honoring these courageous servicemen for their valiant service 
to the United States of America.

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