9 area men were killed in rarely discussed Exercise Tiger drill for D-Day invasion

Les Mlakar knew his uncle Albert was killed during World War II. But when his other uncles discussed it — which was rare, if ever — they only did so in Slovenian. For quite a long time, most Americans did not know the truth of what happened April 27 and

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