Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1939, akatanga kushandira "New York Daily News", asi nguva yake ikoko yakambovhiringidzwa muna 1942 neHondo Yenyika II, umo akashanda muUnited States Army ne460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB). Brown akanga ari mumwe wavarume vokutanga kudonhera muparachuti mu
Maodzanyemba eFrance, muna August 1944, achigamuchira basa romunda wehondo somutevedzeri wechipiri uye kupiwa Purple Heart neCroix de Guerre nePalm.