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    Norman Daniel "Dutch" Cota, Sr. (May 30, 1893 – October 4, 1971) was a senior United States Army officer who fought during World War II. Cota was heavily...
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  • football player Ed Cota, American basketball player Humberto Cota, Mexican baseball player Leonel Cota Montaño, Mexican politician Norman Cota, United States...
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    Allison, USMC in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Brigadier General Norman Cota in The Longest Day (1962), Lieutenant Colonel Barney Adams in Man in...
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    war film about the D-Day landings in Normandy. He portrayed General Norman Cota, rallying demoralized troops and blasting a path from Omaha Beach. The...
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    attack on the beach at Omaha. An apocryphal story tells of when General Norman Cota, leading the 29th Infantry Division, met with Major Max F. Schneider...
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    water because they thought it would be too cold. Robert Mitchum, as Gen. Norman Cota, became disgusted with their trepidation and jumped in first, at which...
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  • sentence was reviewed and approved by Major General Norman Cota, the division commander. General Cota's stated attitude was "Given the situation as I knew...
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    Infantry Regiment near Sourdeval, Normandy, France. He was succeeded by Norman Cota. Wharton was temporarily interred in France. He was later buried at Arlington...
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    group, including the 29th Division assistant commander Brig. Gen. Norman "Dutch" Cota, was able to land relatively unscathed. Further east, the strongpoint...
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    Twelfth United States Army Group. Soon afterwards, Brigadier General Norman Cota was transferred from assignment as assistant division commander of the...
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