Charles Dean Logan saved Donald G. Matheisen and Leo C. Kaiser, 13, schoolboys, from drowning, Columbia Falls, Montana, May 25, 1941. A raft on which Donald and Leo were riding on the Flathead River got out of control and drifted in a current of three m.p.h. or more. Logan, 18, schoolboy, whose right arm was weak, ran from a bluff more than a half a mile to the river bank. Removing his shoes, he entered the water and swam 100 feet toward the raft; and then his clothing caught on a snag, submerging him briefly. The raft passed him. Struggling, he freed himself and then swam 250 feet to the bank and ran 800 feet, getting ahead of the raft. Reentering the water, he swam 125 feet to a submerged sand-bar and stood in water waist-deep. At his instruction, the boys jumped from the raft, which was nearing dangerous rapids; and he got hold of them. Although he was fatigued and winded, he aided the boys to stand. After he had rested for a few minutes, Logan, with a boy holding to his belt at each side, swam towing them 75 feet across unwadable water; and then they waded to the bank. 39040-3217
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