John Allen Buck, Jr., saved Elton R. Butler from being struck by an automobile, Grass Valley, California, August 6, 1947. Elton, 17 months old, started across a roadway on the far side of which an automobile was approaching at a speed of 40 m.p.h. Buck, 16, schoolboy, ran 45 feet toward the approaching automobile to Elton, took hold of him, and swung him clear of its near side. Buck barely cleared the automobile, which swerved and passed them at a speed of 25 m.p.h. 41137-3571
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