Roger Cote was a member of an elite international unit, including 82 Americans, that parachuted into France, Belgium and Holland ahead of Allied Armies on and after D-Day, to organize resistance. These special operators were code named “Jedburghs”. Roger Coat and Captain John Bonsall were members of Jedburgh Team Augustus, and were captured with a French member of the team, wearing civilian clothes and with forged documents. All three members of the team were executed on the spot by their German captors.
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Roger
Elzear
Cote
KIA (WWII)
November 21, 1922
–
August 30, 1944
Born:
Manchester
,
New Hampshire
Home:
Manchester
,
New Hampshire
Buried:
Epinal
,
France
Cemetery:
A.B.M.C. Epinal
Awards Received
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Distinguished Service Cross
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Distinguished Service Cross
Service:
United States ArmyRank:
First SergeantDivision:
Office of Strategic ServicesAction Date:
August 15 – 30, 1944
Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, General Orders No. 61 (April 12, 1945)(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Sergeant Roger Elzear Cote (ASN: 11084219), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Jedburgh Team Augustus, Headquarters, Office of Strategic Services, in action against enemy forces from 15 through 30 August 1944, in France. First Sergeant Cote’s extraordinary heroism, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty at the cost of his life, exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.