Rumrat
War Hero

The Germans got amongst the Yanks pre D Day. It didn't go so well.
Operation Tiger where up to 900 American servicemen lost their lives.
28th April 1944
The Germans got amongst the Yanks pre D Day. It didn't go so well.
...Our MGBs were plywood, with high-octane petrol and machine gun armed. The E-boats were steel, diesel, and cannon armed. Which would be more effective among an invasion convoy is pure speculation.
Coastal Forces Heritage Trust website said:Achievements of Coastal Forces
Coastal forces made an enormous contribution to WW2 in every theatre of war:
* 900 actions resulting in 400 enemy vessels sunk
* more torpedoes fired than the submarine service with a greater proportion of hits
* vital intelligence gathered for D-Day
* landing and retrieving agents on enemy coastlines
* by 1946 over 2,000 vessels and 30,000 personnel formed Coastal forces
* 3,000 decorations won including 4 Victoria Crosses