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TIL that when practicing for the D-Day landings in "Exercise Tiger" at least 749 Americans were killed by friendly fire and a "wolf pack" of 6 German E-boats who stumbled on the LST ships in the dark. D-Day was nearly called off because 10 officers who knew the exact plans went missing.

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a8BDN TIL Lāhainā, a city on the island of Maui, is translated by some to mean "day (of) sacrifice" or "day (of) explanation". Inez MacPhee Ashdown (1899–1992), historian, believed the name was Lahaʻaina, meaning "land (of) prophesy", due to the number of kahuna nui (high priest) prophecies made there.
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