Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Sannadkii 1939, wuxuu bilaabay inuu u shaqeeyo "New York Daily News", laakiin waqtigiisii halkaas waxaa hakad geliyey 1942 Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka, kaas oo uu ugu adeegay Ciidanka Mareykanka Guutada 460aad ee Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB). Brown wuxuu ka mid ahaa raggii ugu horreeyay ee ka soo degay koonfurta Faransiiska
, bishii Agoosto 1944, wuxuu helay jagada taliyaha labaad ee dagaalka waxaana lagu abaalmariyay Purple Heart iyo Croix de Guerre oo leh Palm.