The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: Bob Karre Awards and Decs
Official citations and Seventh Air Force special orders documenting the combat decorations awarded to Captain Robert H. Karre, an A-1H Skyraider pilot in Vietnam, from 1969 to 1970. Together they trace repeated Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal awards, along with a Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Silver Star, for missions over Duc Pho, Dak To, Kontum, and Tam Ky, including a rescue that brought five downed Army helicopter crewmen home.
Air Medal (First Oak Leaf Cluster) Citation for Captain Robert H. Karre, A Shau Valley, 3 September 1969
USAF Special Order G-4632, 12 November 1969 - Air Medal Award to Capt. Robert H. Karre
Air Medal Citation (Third Oak Leaf Cluster), Captain Robert H. Karre, 10 March 1970
Special Order G-2881, Air Medal Award to Capt. Robert H. Karre and Others, 27 June 1970
Air Medal (Fifteenth Oak Leaf Cluster) Citation for Captain Robert H. Karre, 27 December 1969
Special Order G-2195 — Air Medal and DFC Record Amendments Including Captain Robert H. Karre, 14 July 1971
Special Order G-2761, Air Medal Award List, HQ Seventh Air Force, 9 July 1969
Special Order G-1908, Headquarters Seventh Air Force PACAF -- Air Medal Award List Including Capt. Robert H. Karre, 1 May 1970
Special Order G-4594, Distinguished Flying Cross Awards List Including Capt. Robert H. Karre, 11 November 1969
Special Order G-4534 — Distinguished Flying Cross Award Roster Including Captain Robert H. Karre, 6 November 1969
Special Order G-240, Headquarters Seventh Air Force PACAF, Air Medal Award List, 16 January 1970 (Robert H. Karre)
USAF Special Order G-4624, 12 November 1969 - Distinguished Flying Cross with 2nd Oak Leaf Cluster to Capt. Robert H. Karre
Department of the Air Force Special Order G-5300, Distinguished Flying Cross Awards, Headquarters Seventh Air Force PACAF, 27 December 1969 (Bob Karre DFC Record)
Special Order G-439 — Distinguished Flying Cross Award Roster Including Captain Robert H. Karre, 27 January 1970
USAF Special Order G-2714 Awarding Distinguished Flying Cross to Robert H. Karre and Others, 16 June 1970
Special Order G-3580, Headquarters Seventh Air Force PACAF, Distinguished Flying Cross Award to Capt. Robert H. Karre and Others, 11 August 1970
Distinguished Flying Cross Citation (Sixth Oak Leaf Cluster) — Captain Robert H. Karre, 10 December 1969
Distinguished Flying Cross (Second Oak Leaf Cluster) Citation for Captain Robert H. Karre, Ben Het, 13 May 1969
Air Medal (Second Oak Leaf Cluster) Citation for Captain Robert H. Karre, 21 October 1969
Distinguished Flying Cross (4th Oak Leaf Cluster) Citation, Captain Robert H. Karre, 25 October 1969
Distinguished Flying Cross Citation (Fifth Oak Leaf Cluster) to Captain Robert H. Karre, 26 December 1969
Distinguished Flying Cross Citation (Third Oak Leaf Cluster) for Captain Robert H. Karre, 27 August 1969
Distinguished Flying Cross Citation for Captain Robert H. Karre, USAF - Ben Het, Republic of Vietnam, 27 June 1969
Distinguished Flying Cross (First Oak Leaf Cluster) Citation for Captain Robert H. Karre, 28 June 1969
Special Order G-4870, Headquarters 7th Air Force — Award Amendments Including Capt. Robert H. Karre's Distinguished Flying Cross (28 October 1970)
USAF Memorandum Authorizing Award of Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross, Silver Star, to Capt. Robert H. Karre (19 December 1969)
