A watan Fabrairun 1943, bayan ya shiga rundunar sojin Allied
A lokacin mamayewa na Arewacin Afirka, a karkashin jagorancin Manjo Janar Terry Allen, ya shirya wani rahoto wanda ya hada da shawarwarin da aka ba da shawara ga ƙungiyar aikin ƙungiyoyin hare-hare, kuma an karɓi shawarwarinsa yayin shirye-shiryen Operation Husky, sunan lambar don mamayewar Allied na Sicily. An ci gaba da shi zuwa babban jami'in jami'in brigadier general kuma an aika da shi zuwa Birtaniya, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara na Amurka ga Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Turai. A wannan matsayin, Cota ya taimaka wajen kula da horo don ayyukan saukar amphibious.