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D7314-2A
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- 1938-06-06 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Robert Holt, Boy Scout Troop 13, posed for the Tacoma Times in June of 1938 beside the Certificate of Commendation from the Boy Scouts of America National Court of Honor he received for his heroism in saving Joan Bottorff of Franklin Park, Illinois from drowning in Five Mile Lake on August 28, 1937. He received the certificate formally at the camporee assembly at Camp Kilworth on June 5, 1938. Robert is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holt of 902 E. Morton St. In 1938 he was close to becoming an Eagle Scout. (T. Times 6/8/1938, pg. 5)
Holt, Robert; Boy Scouts of America, Troop 13 (Tacoma); Awards;