Tritech/Gemini Sonar LST-531 sank after being struck by two torpedoes, resulting in the deaths of some 424 servicemen The ill-fated exercise was carried out as a rehearsal for the D-Day landings.

In an interview for the 80th anniversary of D-Day in June, Mr Wake described getting ... we had two Oerlikons (guns) on each LST, which were provided by the Americans. "There were definitely ...