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Major General Norman Daniel "Dutch" Cota, Sr. was a senior United States Army officer who fought during World War II. Cota was heavily involved in the planning and execution of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in June 1944, codenamed Operation Neptune, and the subsequent Battle of Normandy. He is famous for rallying demoralized troops on Omaha Beach on D-Day, by engaging in combat with them and personally leading their first successful breakout, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Wikipedia

✵ 30. máj 1893 – 4. október 1971

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“Rangers! Lead the way!”

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Famous exclamation he would say exhorting men of the 5th Ranger Battalion to leave the cover of the seawall and lead an increasing mass of soldiers through the Vierville breech [Vierville-sur-Mer in France], Major General Cota and the Battle of the Huertgen Forest: A Failure of Battle Command? http://www.cgsc.edu/repository/dcl_MGCota.pdf

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