Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1939, ọ malitere ịrụ ọrụ maka "New York Daily News", mana oge ya ebe ahụ kwụsịrị na 1942 site na Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, nke ọ jere ozi na United States Army na 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB). Brown bụ otu n'ime ndị mbụ ji parachute gbaba n'ime
Ndịda France, n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1944, na-anata ọrụ agha dịka onye isi ndị agha nke abụọ ma na-enye ya Purple Heart na Croix de Guerre na Palm.