(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander (then Lieutenant] Robert B. Kerr, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Assistant Radar and Radio Officer for a Combat Task Force in the EIGHTH Fleet, prior to and during the invasion of Sicily in July 1943.

(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Commander [then Lieutenant] Robert B. Kerr, United States Navy, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Radio and Radar Officer attached to the Staff of CTF, prior to and during the amphibious invasion of Southern France in August 1944.