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Lt. Butts legacy section-

Butts Army Airfield & Butts Rd, Fort Carson (Mount)

Butts-Clark American Legion, Medina, NY (Mount, MDJ, D&C) changed June 24, 1954

Butts Park, Medina, NY (D&C, JR) ded. June 14, 1980

Butts St, Fort Benning, GA (D&C, Mount, MDJR) article Mar 18, 1958

Ocean going vessel (Mount) article July 9, 1965

athletic field, Augusburg, Germany (D&C) article June 13, 1946

Lt. Butts heroics have lead to multiple medals and honors, including having 2 streets, an airfield, an American Legion Post, Park, an athletic field, and an ocean going vessel named after him. An athletic field in Augusburg, Germany was dedicated in Lt. Butts honor in 1946. In 1954, the Clark American Legion Post in Medina, NY changed its name to the Butts-Clark American Legion Post. In 1957, the Army airfield at Fort Carson, Colorado was named the Butts Army Airfield. Fort Carson, Colorado and Fort Benning, Georgia both have roads named after Lt. Butts. Medina dedicated a village park, the John E Butts Memorial Park, in 1980.