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Noel F. Mehlo Jr.'s career has spanned geology, transportation, and history. After his time in the army in military intelligence, he wrote and self-published the book The Lost Ranger: A Soldier's Story, about his grandfather in the 5th Rangers in World War II. He lives in Columbus, Ohio. Joseph Balkoski is, in the words of USA Today, the top living D-Day historian and, in the words of the Wall Street Journal, a true maestro of original D-Day history. He has written Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, and Beyond the Beachhead, the first in a five-volume history of the 29th Division in World War II. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. John Raaen Jr., a 1943 West Point graduate, earned a Silver Star with the 5th Rangers on D-Day. He went on to a distinguished career in army ordnance, earning a degree in nuclear physics from Johns Hopkins and serving in Korea and Vietnam. He is a member of the Ranger Hall of Fame and Ordnance Corps Hall of Fame.
A detailed discussion of the tactical situation at Omaha Beach and Cota's outstanding leadership there.--Lt. Col. Tim Stoy, U.S. Army (Ret.), Association of the United States Army There is no account of any other senior leader who took broad and repeated charge of hopeless situations and personally turned them into tactical success, or inspired others to do so, thus avoiding uncounted casualties. Cota and his 29th Infantry Division fought their way off the deadly beach, up the overlooking heavily entrenched terrain and via D-1 and D-3, and ended the day in a defensible posture on French soil through Cota's courage and determination. Extensive research has produced over 400 pages documenting Cota's individual intrepidity above and beyond. D-Day General puts this important story on full display to the reader.--Carroll D. Childers, MG ARNG (Ret.), 15th Commanding General of the 29th ID This is a long-needed account of one of the most heroic American soldiers of D-Day. It intertwines dramatic first-hand accounts within broader descriptions of the D-Day fighting in order to thoroughly portray Cota's remarkable contributions to the US Army's eventual victory at Omaha Beach.--Steven Zaloga, author of The Devil's Garden: Rommel's Desperate Defense of Omaha Beach on D-Day General Norman Cota, as yet unrecognized for his service and heroism, was the savior of the landing at bloody Omaha Beach, and thus of the D-Day operation. Noel Mehlo's account goes far to restore this leader's position as one of the war's great figures.--Robert Slayton, historian and author
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