![D-Day Center on Twitter: "Actor Robert Mitchum as Brigadier General Norman "Dutch" Cota in a still from the 1962 epic war film "The Longest Day", based on the book by Cornelius Ryan. D-Day Center on Twitter: "Actor Robert Mitchum as Brigadier General Norman "Dutch" Cota in a still from the 1962 epic war film "The Longest Day", based on the book by Cornelius Ryan.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DsPYZ5XWsAEpEaX.jpg:large)
D-Day Center on Twitter: "Actor Robert Mitchum as Brigadier General Norman "Dutch" Cota in a still from the 1962 epic war film "The Longest Day", based on the book by Cornelius Ryan.
Former 28th Infantry Division Commander, Maj. Gen. Norman Daniel "Dutch" Cota, Sr. was famous for rallying demoralized troops on Omaha Beach on D-Day and... | By 28th Infantry Division | Facebook
![General Norman "Dutch" Cota, CO of the 29th ID, converses with Colonel James Earl Rudder of the 2nd Ranger Regiment that stormed Point du Hoc. | Normandie General Norman "Dutch" Cota, CO of the 29th ID, converses with Colonel James Earl Rudder of the 2nd Ranger Regiment that stormed Point du Hoc. | Normandie](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/22/fa/8f/22fa8fbc1865ee1b8113cf6410160daf--colonel-military-history.jpg)