Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard District 17 | 05.18.2019
George "Radar" Lambert of Kotzebue is congratulated by Rear Adm. Matthew T. Bell, Commander, 17th Coast Guard District and Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Saturday, May 18, 2019, after the Coast Guard awarded Lambert the Silver Lifesaving Medal for heroic actions he took as a young boy to save a girl from drowning in Kotzebue. Then 10-year-old George "Radar" Lambert saved 12-year-old Pamela Smith......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard District 17 | 05.18.2019
George "Radar" Lambert of Kotzebue is congratulated by Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Saturday, May 18, 2019, after the Coast Guard awarded Lambert the Silver Lifesaving Medal for heroic actions he took as a young boy to save a girl from drowning in Kotzebue. Then 10-year-old George "Radar" Lambert saved 12-year-old Pamela Smith from drowning, June 22, 1998, marking the first documented save using......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard District 17 | 05.18.2019
Pamela Smith, Magistrate & Standing Master at Alaska Court System in Nome, gives an emotional speech during a Silver Lifesaving Medal award ceremony in Anchorage, Saturday, May 18, 2019. Smith thanked her long-time friend George "Radar" Lambert for heroic actions he took as a young boy to save her from drowning in Kotzebue, Alaska. Then 10-year-old Lambert saved 12-year-old Smith from drowning......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard District 17 | 05.18.2019
Rear Adm. Matthew T. Bell, Commander, 17th Coast Guard District, presents the Silver Lifesaving Medal, Saturday, May 18, 2019, to George "Radar" Lambert for heroic actions he took as a young boy to save Pamela Smith (left) from drowning in Kotzebue, Alaska. Then 10-year-old Lambert saved 12-year-old Pamela Smith from drowning June 22, 1998, which was the first documented save using a......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard District 17 | 05.18.2019
Rear Adm. Matthew T. Bell, Commander, 17th Coast Guard District, congratulates George "Radar" Lambert after presenting him with the Silver Lifesaving Medal Saturday, May 18, 2019, for heroic actions Lambert took as a young boy to save a girl from drowning in Kotzebue. Then 10-year-old Lambert saved 12-year-old Pamela Smith from drowning June 22, 1998. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard District 17 | 05.18.2019
Rear Adm. Matthew T. Bell, Commander, 17th Coast Guard District, speaks during an award ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, May 18, 2019. Bell presented the Silver Lifesaving Medal during the ceremony to a Kotzebue man for heroic actions he took as a young boy to save a girl from drowning in Kotzebue. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn...
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard District 17 | 05.18.2019
George "Radar" Lambert shares a laugh with Pamela Smith Saturday, May 18, 2019, just before he is awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal for saving her from drowning. Then 10-year-old Lambert's lifesaving actions on June 22, 1998, was the first documented rescue attributed to the Kids Don't Float program, which has gone on to save approximately 31 lives. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard District 17 | 05.18.2019
The Coast Guard presented this Silver Lifesaving Medal Saturday, May 18, 2019, to a Kotzebue, Alaska, man for heroic actions he took as a young boy to save a girl from drowning in Kotzebue. Then 10-year-old George "Radar" Lambert saved 12-year-old Pamela Smith from drowning June 22, 1998. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn...
