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Lt Col (Ret) Michelle Landers and COL (Ret) Warner (Butch)
Anderson, see Chapter 14, Section 6, of Tell Them Yourself.

Lt Col (Ret) Michelle Landers and COL (Ret) Bob Mabry, see
Chapter 1 of Tell Them Yourself.
Executive Editor of the JSOM (2003–2006) CAPT (Ret) Frank Butler
being inducted into the USSOCOM Medical Hall of Honor by LTG
Francis “Frank” Donovan, 14 May 2024.

USSOCOM-sponsored SOF Medical Hall of Honor way. Members of this group repeatedly accompanied SOF
Warfighters into battle, providing top-of-the-line combat casu-
The inaugural class inducted into the United States Special alty care to the wounded.
Operations Command (USSOCOM)-sponsored Special Oper-
ations Forces (SOF) Medical Hall of Honor on 14 May 2024 Along the way, they developed countless innovations that saved
is an incredible group of nine medical leaders. This prestigious lives, including the Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines;
award is presented to individuals who have demonstrated ex- the CoTCCC; the Army Ranger Casualty Response System,
emplary medical leadership and selfless service and provided which produced zero preventable deaths; the Army Critical
significant medical contributions through sustained superior Care Flight Paramedic program; and tourniquet development,
medical support to the SOF community. They are innovators, among many other initiatives.
thinkers, and men of action. Collectively, they served in nearly
every conflict over the last eight decades, including WWII,
Vietnam, Eagle Claw, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Afghani- Please congratulate the first inductees to the USSOCOM Med-
stan, and Iraq, winning multiple awards for valor along the ical Hall of Honor: Recipients names are in bold.

(PHOTO LEFT) BACK ROW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: LTC James
Lopata, United States Army; MSG (Ret) John Dominguez, United
States Army; SGM Ryan Nemeth, United States Army; COL Michael
Tarpey, United States Army; MSG (Ret) Harold R. Montgomery,
United States Army; COL (Ret) Robert L. Mabry, United States
Army; LTG Francis “Frank” Donovan, United States Army.
FRONT ROW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: SGM (Ret) F. Bowling, United
States Army; CWO4 (Ret) William D. Donovan, United States Army;
CAPT (Ret) Frank K. Butler, United States Navy; COL (Ret) Warner
D. Farr, United States Army (represented by his son COL (Ret)
Timothy Farr, United States Air Force Reserve); CPT (Ret) James C.
Fisher, United States Army (represented by grand-niece, Marianna
Franck); COL (Ret) Russ S. Kotwal, United States Army; LTC (Ret)
Stephen M. Delellis, United States Army.

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