Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A shekara ta 1939, ya fara aiki da "New York Daily News", amma lokacinsa ya katse a 1942 ta yakin duniya na biyu, wanda ya yi aiki a rundunar sojojin Amurka tare da 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB). Brown na daya daga cikin mutanen farko da suka yi parachute a cikin
Kudancin Faransa, a watan Agusta 1944, karɓar kwamiti na filin yaƙi a matsayin laftanan na biyu kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Purple Heart da Croix de Guerre tare da Palm.