Biazza Ridge

Major General Norman Cota (1893-1971), Assistant Division Commander, 29th Infantry Division. Landed on Omaha Beach with the second wave, he was the highest ranking officer on the invasion beach, where he rallied the disorganized troops and lead them up the bluff... "Now get off your butts! You guys are the Fighting 29th..."
(On this photo he's shown with 28th Div. - "Keystone" patch)

Hero of Omaha Beach

US soldiers scramble for cover as a mortar shell explodes; Cassino area, Italy. April 25, 1944