“Truth and Courage”Official Publication of the 17th Infantry Regiment Association

VOLUME 2017 NUMBER 2 FALL 2017

Medal of Honor Awardees, Battle of El Caney, July 1, 1898

Capt. Benjamin F. Hardaway

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Cpl. Ulysses G. Buzzard

Cpl. Norman W. Ressler

Cpl. Warren J. Shepherd

Pvt. Thomas J. Graves

Pvt. Bruno Wende

Pvt. George Berg Pvt. Oscar Brookins

2Lt. Charles D Roberts

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The Buffalo Bugle is the official publication for the 17th In-fantry Regiment Association. It was originally published as the “Blue Shield”as a daily newspaper for the Regiment. The earliest publication is June 17, 1950. All articles and com-ments are not endoresed by the U.S. Army or the Associa-tion. But are the opinion of the individual.

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Officers & Board Members

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Editor-Historian: Ed Geer

Battle of El Caney

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INDEXFOUNDERLTG William “Buffalo Bill” Quinn

HONORARY COLONEL OF THE REGI-MENT

JEFFREY “AL” KELLY COL USA RET

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1-17 COMMANDERLTC JONATHAN LAUERjonathan.c.lauer.mil@mail.mil

1-17 CSMCSM LARRY BRELAND

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4-17 COMMANDERLTC DUSTIN MITCHELL

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4-17 CSMCSM DEREK CLIFTON

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“TRUTH AND COURAGE”

On the Cover: Medal of Honor Awardees for the Battle of El Caney, Cuba; War with Spain, July 1, 1898

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cealed behind a stone wall, result-ing in Ltc. Haskell being severely wounded and Lt. Dickinson being mortally wounded. Lt. Dickinson died the next day from the wounds he had received. Upon Ltc. Haskell being severely wounded, Cpt. Lys-ter Miller O’Brien immediately as-sumed command of the Regiment. He would be promoted to Major for his actions.

Members of the regiment, disre-garding heavy enemy fire immedi-ately went forward to rescue Ltc. Haskell, 1Lt. Dickinson and other wounded soldiers. Their bravery resulted in the most Medal of Honor being awarded for any one action.

The regiment earned eight. The awardees were Lt. Benjamin E. Hardaway and 2Lt. Charles D. Roberts, Cpl. Ulysses G. Buzzard, Pvt. George Berg, Pvt. Thomas J. Graves, Pvt. Oscar Brookins, and Pvt. Bruno Wende from Com-pany C; Cpl Warren J. Shepherd and Pvt. Norman W. Ressler from Company D.

It should also be noted that the bravery of our Officers, Non-Commission Officers and soldiers would also result in numerous of-ficers receiving Brevetted Promo-tions. As well as NCOs and sol-diers being promoted or receiving special recognition.

It would be six hours of heavy fighting from a shallow trench, before the fortified village of El Caney fell. After the battle the

As both the Historian and Editor, I am always looking for photo-graphs, documents, perspnal sto-ries, and other material related to the Regiment. I am also looking for “I was There” stories of our experience. To me, that is what makes our Regiment ‘s history colorful and alive.

If you would like to have them in-cluded in future Bugle Please let me know. While I can not guaran-tee in which future Bugle it will be included. But I will do my best to include it as soon as possible.

All donations or loans will be appre-ciated. I will scan anything loaned and return to the sender. The do-nations can be either the original item or scanned image done in high resolution.

They can be sent to my email: em-geer@centurylink.net, SUBJECT LINE: 17th Infantry. Or sent to my mailing address: Edward Geer, 19403 Cockrell Rd., Yukon, MO. 65589

ASSOCIATION HISTORIAN

Edward M. GeerHistorian, Bugle Editor17th Infantry Regiment

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On July 1, 1898; the Battle of San Juan Hill was made On July 1, 1898; the Battle of San Juan Hill was made famous due to Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Rid-ers. However, it was not the only battle that day. The 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division consisted of the 7th, 12th and the 17th Infantry Regi-ment under the Command of Brig. Gen. Chaffee. By the end of the day, the cost of Battle at El Caney would BE 600 killed in action and 360 wounded.

The regiment broke camp at 5 A. M. and marched to its positions for the attack on El Caney. Upon arrival, a wire fence blocked their movement and Ltc. Haskell or-dered the wire cut. After the wire was cut, Ltc. Haskell and the Reg-imental Quartermaster Lt Walter M. Dickerson lead the advanced. As they stepped into the open, they immediately came under fire by Spanish soldiers that were con-

I am looking forward to the 2017 Reunion. Mary and I are planning to attend. I’m intending to bring some Regimental historical mem-orabilia that I believe you will en-joy looking through. I will also be bringing my laptop as well as a scanner that will scan documents. Photographs, negative and slide film. So, if anyone has any his-torical documents, photographs, slides or negatives that they would like to have included in the As-sociation’s Archives please bring them and I’ll scan them and return them before the reunion is over.

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regiment, the regiment estab-lished a camp to treat the injured, regroup, and rest before the at-tack on the city of Santiago the next day. In the morning the battle for Santiago began. The regiment took part in the attack along the San Juan Ridgeline and San Juan Hill itself. This battle would be the last one the regiment fought be-fore returning to America.Our regiment suffered 4 Killed in Action: 1 Died of Wounds and 14 Wounded.

Killed In Action: A company: Pvt. Walter Brown and William T. Fa-son, E company: Pvt. Christian Hess, and G company: Pvt. Leon-ard Webber.

Died of Wounds: Lt. William M. Dickinson, Regt. Quartermaster. (Died July 2nd)

Wounded: Regt. HQ: Lt. Col. Joseph T. Haskell, Regt. Commander. (He died shortly after welcoming the Regiment’s return to Columbus Barracks, Ohio on Sept 16th.)

B company: Sgt. Philip Hender-son, Pvt. John Dunn, Pvt. G. W. Dildine, Pvt. John McBride.

C company: 1Sgt. John O’Rourke, Pvt. Bay, Pvt. Andrew Byers, Pvt. George Kelly, Pvt. G. W. Burg, Pvt. Fred. Davidson, Pvt. August Lang, Pvt. Oscar Brookins, Pvt. Martin.

D company: Pvt. Joseph Wehr.E company: Cpt. Benjamin Frank-lin Hardaway, Cpl. Charles P. Dovell

HDMORHonorary Distinguished

Members of the Regiment

Margaret BaumannUlrike Bell Alan Bjerke

JoAnn Brigham MooreCatherine I. Bryant

Robert Buerlein (Ek Knives)Stefania BurkeMary Jo CampCathy Colley

Maria de la SierraLeslie Drumhiller

Carolyn EveFran FeuryGay Frazer

Charlotte GalloCathy GardnerDonald Garner

Lauren GoodwinSally HarveyJoyce Himka

Evelyn HaynesCarol Heiter

John HillmanPeggy Holt

Mardelle IngmanArdith Isham

Richard KabakerChristine Kapanowski

Dolores LealEllen Legg

Mark MarquesHelma Mataxis

Roy P. MontgomeryAlicyn MooreChiara Murrell

Nancy NammDavid Nethken

* Maggie NightingaleLynn Okita

Teresa Robbins Alma RohrCarol Rosa

Lee Rothman Crystal Sherwood

Carla ShookMargaret Smith

Christy SplechterShirley Stoddard

Janet StrubeMarie Sullivan

Mary WattsLee Whitson

Patricia “Pat” WilsonTomicene Wilson

Laura Wittler* Deceased

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1st Battalion’s Command Group

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LTC Rasmussen graduated from the United States Military Academy and was commissioned into the Infantry in 2001. He holds a Bachelor’s of Sci-ence Degree in Military History.

LTC Ramussen’s past assignments include Rifle Platoon Leader, Rifle Company Executive Officer, Support Platoon Leader, and Battalion S4 in 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Battalion AS3 and Rifle Company Commander in 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, WA and Vilseck, Germany; Small Group Instructor at the Maneuver Captains Career Course, Fort Benning, GA; Battalion Operations Officer in 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment and Brigade Operations Officer in 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, GA; Infantry Branch Assignment Of-ficer in Operations Division, Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, KY; Aide-de-Camp for the Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center, Fort Eustis, VA.

LTC Rasmussen’s combat and opera-tional deployments include: 2003-2004 Operation Iraqi Freedom (Ku-wait to Baghdad, Iraq), 2007-2008 Operation Iraqi Freedom (Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq), 2013 Operation En-during Freedom (Logar and Wardak Provinces, Afghanistan).

LTC Rasmussen’s military schools in-clude: Infantry Officer Basic Course, Infantry Captains’ Career Course, Naval College of Command and Staff, Ranger and Airborne schools.

His awards and decorations include: Bronze Star Medal w/ 2 OLCs, Meri-torious Service Medal w/ 3 OLC, Army Commendation Medal w/ OLC, Army Achievement Medal w/ OLC, and many other unit and cam-paign medals. He has earned the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Para-chutist Badge, and Ranger Tab.

LTC Rasmussen is married to the for-mer Jennifer Swann of Macon, Geor-gia. They have two daughters, Elena (10) and Annika (7), and one son, El-liot Magnus (7 months).

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CSM Eric Chastain is a career in-fantryman from Beaumont, CA.

He previously served as a mortar-man and squad leader with the 1-506th Infantry; section sergeant and platoon sergeant with 1-23rd Infantry; 1SG with 1-38th Infantry; Senior Instructor at the University of Portland Army ROTC in Port-land, OR; and Operations Sergeant Major with 4-23rd Infantry..

CSM Chastain holds a master’s degree from the University of Southern California and the Uni-versity of Texas at El Paso. CSM Chastain’s overseas assignments include Korea, Saudi Arabia, and three tours to Iraq (2003-2004, 2006-2007, and 2009-2010).

CSM Chastain is married to Jeanie Chang and has five children.

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LTC Dustin R. Mitchell graduated from the University of Kentucky and was commissioned as an Infantry of-ficer in December 1998. He is a grad-uate of the Infantry Officer Basic and Captains Career Courses, the Com-bined Arms Service and Staff School, the Command and General Staff Col-lege where he earned a Master of Military Arts and Sciences as an Art of War Scholar, and Western Ken-tucky University where he earned a Master of Business Management

LTC Mitchell’s past assignments in-clude Rifle Platoon Leader, Support Platoon Leader, and Rifle Company Executive Officer, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, Fort Campbell, Ken-tucky; Current Operations Officer, 1st Infantry Division, Assistant S3, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, and Commander, Echo Troop, 4th Cavalry (Brigade Reconnaissance Troop), Schweinfurt, Germany; Ma-neuver Captains Career Course Small Group Leader, Team Chief, and

Course Manager, Fort Knox, Ken-tucky; Operations Officer, 2nd Bat-talion, 16th Infantry and Operations Officer, 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas; Chief of Staff of the Army Strategic Stud-ies Group Fellow, Washington, D.C. and most recently served as a special assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army. LTC Mitchell’s operational deployments include two tours to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, one tour to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and one tour to Kosovo in support of Operation Joint Guard-ian.

His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (3), Meri-torious Service Medal (4), Army Commendation Medal (4), Army Achievement Medal (3), Valor-ous Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Citation (2), the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Ter-rorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (3), Afghani-stan Campaign Medal, the Kosovo Campaign Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Overseas Service Medal (4), NATO Medal, Ranger Tab, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Para-chutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, and the Army Staff Badge.

LTC Mitchell is married to the for-mer Leslie True of Crittenden, Ken-tucky. They have two children, Reagan (age 10) and Emery (age 7).

CSM Derek D. Clifton is a native of Eugene, Oregon and enlisted into the Army on February 1989 as an Infantryman. He attended OSUT at Fort Benning, Georgia.

CSM Clifton has served in ev-ery leadership position from Team Leader to Battalion Command Ser-geant Major. His stateside assign-ments include Fort Benning Geor-gia, Fort Campbell Kentucky, Fort Jackson South Carolina, Camp Blanding Florida, Fort Lewis Wash-ington, and Fort Bliss Texas. His overseas assignments include Italy, Germany and Hawaii. He has de-ployed to Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedo-nia, and Iraq for peacekeeping and combat operations.

CSM Clifton’s military education includes: the combat lifesaver’s course, Primary Leadership De-velopment course, field sanitation

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Recently, we lost some of our Brother Buffalos. God determined their mission on Earth is complete and it was time to pass on that torch to others. He gave them a new mission to join those who had already gone before them. We all Salute You.

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combat. The division commander personally assigned Moore to an infantry company (K co. 17th Inf. Regt.) so that Moore could be promoted to major. Sometime in 1953, following his promotion to Major, he was reassigned to Head-quarters, 7th Infantry Division as the divisional Assistant Chief-of Staff for Operations.

LTG. Moore, would earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, two Bronze Stars with “V”, one Bronze Star for Meritorious Service, Ko-rean Service Medal (3 Campaign Stars), National Defense Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal for Korea, Republic of Ko-rea War Service Medal (retroactive) and Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation

Mark Boly Jr. served in E Com-pany, 17th Infantry Regiment. Originally a driver, he trans-ferred to the infantry after being at the Inchon landing. He was part of the advance units that reached Hyesinjan on the Yalu in November of 1950, before be-ing evacuated from Hungnam. He achieved the rank of staff ser-geant by the time he finished his 16 months in the Korean War in 1951. The campaigns he was in (listed in his service record) were as follows: UN Defensive, UN Of-fensive, CCF Intervention, First UN Counteroffensive, CCF Spring Of-fensive, UN Summer-Fall Offen-sive, and Second Korean Winter. He was wounded May 13, 1951 by a concussion grenade and shrapnel.

LTG. Harold G. MooreFebruary 10, 2017

While he is more known for his book “We Were Soldiers Once… And Young” and the movie “We were Soldiers Once” which was based on the book. LTG. Moor would serve in the 17th Infantry Regiment during the Korean War (1952-1953).

In June 1952, then Captain Moore joined the Regiment and took com-mand of the Regiment’s Heavy Mortar Company in combat. He next served as regimental Assis-tant Chief-of-Staff for Operations and Plans (S-3). Capt. Moore was selected for promotion to major. However, the promotion was put on hold by a policy of the 7th Di-vision commanding general that stated that no promotion to major would be possible without com-mand of an infantry company in

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SGM Walter L. MurrellJudge Stuart NammThomas Nightingale

MSG Robert NorthcuttCOL Mike Okita

* Tony PerezRobert Petzold

Chaplain John Phillips* Arnold Prather* Rocky Rayos

CSM Edison Rebuck* BG Royal Reynolds* Jack Reynoldson

SGM Clarence Rineck* SGM Richard Robbins

James RohrRichard Rosa

* Stewart Rothman* LT Richard Shea *MOH

COL James SheldonDonald E Shook Jr.SFC Charles ShuckLTC James Smith

1SG Matthew SplechterLTC John L. Strube

John A. SullivanCSM Mack Vereen

Don WattsLTC Charles Webster

Richard WhitsonScott Wickland

SSG Gregory WilliamsCOL Marc Williams

Bobby Wilson* Jacob F. Wittler

* COL Darron Wright * MAJ Neil Young

* Deceased

Selections for Distinguished Members of the Regiment (DMOR) and Honorary Distin-guished Members of the Regi-ment (HDMOR) are not based solely on military accomplish-ments during an individual’s time in service, but also on what the individual has ac-complished on behalf of the Association. The Chairman of the selection committee is Association Project Chairman, CSM Tim Green. Nominations for DMOR or HDMOR should be sent to him at csmgreen@gmail.com The above badge and a certifi-cate suitable for framing, as well as orders signed by the Chief of the U.S. Infantry, are presented to each awardee.

HCORColonel Jeffrey “Al” Kelly

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DMOR* SGM Phillip Albert* Alfred BaumannSFC Douglas Bell* Clarence Bennet

Paul H. BryantSFC Lawrence Burke

* Dennis CampMAJ John T. Carrig

* COL Ralph C. Colley* Robert Connelly

CSM George Crisostomo* Joe E. DeFosse

David de la SierraLouis E. Eve

*Thomas Fernandez- de la Reguera * Andy FerreiraEugene P. Feury

Bruce Frazer* Pete Gallo

COL Edward GibbonsKevin GilfetherSteve Goodwin

Joseph Gonsalves* Eulos “Ed” Graham* COL Philip GrimmCSM Timothy Green

George Harvey* CPT Raymond Harvey *MOH

* SGM Fred Hatter* MSG Lawrence Haynes

Robert R. Heiter* COL Thomas Hickman

*HCORCOL Jeffrey P. Holt

MSG Einar Ingman *MOH* Gilbert E. IshamStuart Johnson

LTC Fred KamakaCOL Jeffrey “Al” Kelly

* Louis KolbJames Leal

COL Jackie D. Legg* BG Ted Mataxis *HCOR

Fred McGeeJoe Midyette

CSM Daryl T. Moore1SG John Moore

COL Maximo MooreCSM Timothy Mullins

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When the Korean War broke out in June 1950, Larry Haynes was a 19-year-old Army corporal serving in H Company, 17th Infantry Regi-ment, 7th Infantry Division in Ja-pan. They would take part in the In-chon Landing in September 1950.

After Seoul was liberated, the 7th Infantry Division moved to Pusan. At Pusan we boarded ships again and sailed around the tip of the peninsula to Iwon on the country’s eastern shore. Iwon was quite a bit north of the 38th Parallel that di-

vides the north and south and we began our march to the Yalu River that separates North Korean and China 117 miles further up into North Korea.

Shortly after celebrating Thanks-giving on the Yalu River, the Chi-nese would attack across the entire front. The Regiment began to fight their way to the beach near Ham-hung and Hungnam, 75 miles away. Were they were evacuated by the waiting LST’s (Landing Ship Tank) and transported south to Pusan and safety.

Once there, they began to fight north again. In June 1951, on a hill at Checon-ni. After recover, he re-turned back to America.

His awards and decorations include the Purple Heart, Combat Infantry-man’s Badge, Bronze Star with four battle stars, Amry Occupation Med-al (with Japan Clasp), Korean Ser-vice Medal (3 Battle Stars), Good Conduct Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation,

Battles/Campaigns: Inchon Invasion, Chosin Reservoir, Iron Triangle, Yalu River

He would again serve the 17th In-fantry served as the Secretary of the Association, Scholarship Chairman, Board Member, Honorary Sergeant Major of the Regiment (Twice).

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MSG. Lawrence HaynesJune 20, 2017

course, hazardous materials course, Basic NCO course, machine gun leaders course, fast rope mas-ter course, combatives level I and II, Jumpmaster course, observer and controller/ trainer course, Ad-vanced NCO course, 1SG course, Master Resiliency course, Battle Staff, and the Sergeant’s Major Academy. CSM Clifton has earned a Bachelor’s degree from Excelsior College.CSM Clifton’s award and deco-rations include: the Bronze Star Medal (3rd award), the Meritori-ous Service Medal (3rd award), the Army Commendation Medal (8th Award), the Army Achievement Medal (7th award), the Valorous Unit award, the Meritorious Unit award (2nd award), the Combat In-fantryman Badge, the Expert Infan-tryman Badge, the Basic Parachut-ist badge w/gold star, and the Air Assault Badge.

CSM Clifton resides in El Paso Texas with his wife Christina, his daughter’s Chloe and Emma, and his son Gavin.

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The Herd TF Buffalo News

Excerpt from the “The Herd, TF Buffalo News” June 30, 2017’s Pub-lication “Role II Task Force Buffalo.

Role II Task Force BuffaloChimera Company, Task Force Buf-falo, is comprised of Soldiers from the Charlie Medical Company, 501st BSB, as well as additional Soldiers from the Medical Platoon, HHC, 4-17 IN. Chimera Company cur-rently occupies the Role II Medical Treatment Facility on OB Fenty and is in charge of all Medical Opera-tions in the region; including triage, treatment, and casualty evacuation, as well as normal clinical operations. The 624th Forward Surgical Team (FST) is collocated with the Role II in order to provide more advanced life-support and resuscitative capa-bilities. Together, Charlie Med and the FST work together to provide life-saving treatments and interven-tions to wounded Soldiers as well as to our Afghan National Army part-ners.

Chimera Company provides medical support and services to over 2,000 personnel on OB Fenty, as well as supporting various entities conduct-

ing combat and sustainment opera-tions in the surrounding area. Over the course of five months, the Role II has seen and successfully treated over 1,500 routine patients as well as providing resuscitative care to over 90 emergent patients, ultimate-ly resulting in their successful evacu-ation to a higher echelon of care.

Commander’s Corner As we approach the last third of our deployment, I could not be any more proud of our Soldiers and what we have accomplished as a team. Over 90% have never de-ployed in a medical capacity; we did not know what to expect, and had a steep learning curve to develop into competent deployed healthcare providers. However, we rose to the challenges presented before us and have developed into a very excep-tional unit. I am 100% confident that we deliver the best care and ser-vices in the region, if not in theater.

We’ve dealt with adversity dur-ing our time here, but that hasn’t de-graded our performance, motivation to improve, and overall attitude. We continue to provide resuscitative/life-saving treatment to those that enter the Role II, even in the most gravest of conditions. Kudos to all of Task Force Buffalo for bringing in and training the various units and medics that we’ve absorbed, allow-ing them perform at our level.

I’d like to recognize some of our accomplishments during this de-ployment. Congratulations to all the Aid Station personnel for certifying as phlebotomists (the first cohort to do this in theater at a Brigade level). Congratulations on SGT Hudson for being recognized as the TAAC-E Warrior of the Month for her outstanding performance as the Laboratory Sergeant. A big con-gratulations to SGT Feliciano, SGT Hudson, and SPC Jones for re-en-listing—thank you for your contin-ued service! Congratulations to our Battalion Surgeon, MAJ Miletta, on a well-deserved promotion. Thank you to the Buffaloes, for all of your operational and logistical support, and providing us with an excel-lent Battalion Surgeon, Field Medi-cal Assistant (LT Scozzafava), and Treatment Sergeant (SGT Bell).

Keep up the excellent work, con-tinue to develop your skills, and be prepared to pass on what you’ve learned to the C MED that will re-place us, and to the C MED back at home.

Mark E. DohertyCPT, ANRole II CommanderTask Force Buffalo, TAAC-E

Line Medics Triaging Casualties

17th Infanry Regiment breaks camp just prior to the Battle of El Caney

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