Alaska Man Given Coast Guard Medal Years After Girl’s Rescue
Rear Adm. Matthew Bell (R), presents a Silver Lifesaving Medal to George "Radar" Lambert, middle, at the Atwood Building courtyard in Anchorage, Alaska, on May 18, 2019. Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—An Alaska man has received the U.S. Coast Guard’s second-highest civilian honor for saving a girl from drowning when they were both children more than 20 years ago, a report said.
George Lambert received a silver lifesaving medal in Anchorage Saturday for rescuing Pamela Smith, The Anchorage Daily News reported Saturday.
