Not an overly well known story for obvious reasons but one I recall my father telling me many years ago.
There were other assets not too far away but couldn't give assistance due to the lack of prior knowledge of the exercise as well as the risk their charges might have faced should they have left them.
Below sums up the need for the cover-up at the time IMHO.
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As a result of official embarrassment and concerns over possible leaks just prior to the real invasion, all survivors were sworn to secrecy by their superiors. Ten missing officers involved in the exercise had BIGOT-level clearance for D-Day, meaning that they knew the invasion plans and could have compromised the invasion should they have been captured alive. As a result, the invasion was nearly called off until the bodies of all ten victims were found.
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