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WWII 'Battle of Exercise Tiger' remembered in Audrain County

by Tommy Sladek

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Members of the military and Audrain County community members displayed wreaths to honor the soldiers killed during "Exercise Tiger". (Tommy Sladek KRCG 13){p}{/p}
Members of the military and Audrain County community members displayed wreaths to honor the soldiers killed during "Exercise Tiger". (Tommy Sladek KRCG 13)

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MEXICO — Members of the Audrain County community came together over the weekend to remember the Battle of Exercise Tiger.

A World War II rehearsal for D-Day gone wrong. A lack of communication and coordination resulted in both hundreds of friendly-fire deaths and attacks from German E-boats. 201 Missourians were killed.

An Exercise Tiger memorial sits outside the Audrain County Courthouse in Mexico.

Those who spoke at the ceremony on Saturday said had it not been for the exercise, and the changes made to communication thereafter, D-Day might have turned out very differently.

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Attendees also honored the victims of the Toronto van attack. The attack killed 10 people on April 23.

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