 To the left of Dog Green sat Dog White , between the Vierville and Les Moulins strongpoints ( defending draws D @-@ 1 and D @-@ 3 ) ; and here was a different story . As a result of earlier mis @-@ landings , and now because of their own mis @-@ landing , the troops of C / 116 found themselves alone at Dog White , with a handful of tanks from the first wave in sight . The smoke from the grass fires covering their advance up the beach , they gained the seawall with few casualties , and were in better shape than any unit on the 116th RCT front so far . Although the 1st Battalion was effectively disarmed of its heavy weapons when D / 116 suffered a disastrous landing , the buildup at Dog White continued . C / 116 was joined by the 5th Ranger Battalion almost in its entirety . The Ranger commander , recognizing the situation at Dog Green on the run @-@ in , ordered the assault craft to divert into Dog White . Like the C / 116 , the smoke covered their advance , although the 2nd Rangers were caught out on the right flank of the Ranger 's landing . This was where the 116th RCT regimental command group , including the 29th Division assistant commander Brigadier General Norman " Dutch " Cota , was able to land relatively unscathed . 
