The Don Englebreston Collection
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An official valor award narrative recounts the combat action of 1st Lt. Donald L. Engebretsen on 5 January 1970, when he made repeated low-altitude passes in an A-1 Skyraider to relieve a reconnaissance team pinned down by a company-sized enemy force. Documents like this preserve, in the military's own words, the moments that decided whether men on the ground came home.
AF Form 642 Recommendation for Decoration – Silver Star for 1Lt Donald L. Engebretsen, A-1 Skyraider Pilot, OL AA-56 Special Operations Wing, 1970
