Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ni ọdun 1939, o bẹrẹ si ṣiṣẹ fun "New York Daily News", ṣugbọn akoko rẹ nibẹ ni a dabaru ni ọdun 1942 nipasẹ Ogun Agbaye Keji, ninu eyiti o ṣiṣẹ ni Ọmọ-ogun Amẹrika pẹlu Battalion 460th Parachute Field Artillery (460th PFAB). Brown jẹ́ ọ̀kan lára àwọn ọkùnrin àkọ́kọ́ tó fi páraṣúté sọ̀ kalẹ̀ lọ sí Gúúsù ilẹ̀ Faransé
, ni Oṣu Kẹjọ ọdun 1944, gbigba igbimọ ogun ogun gẹgẹbi igbakeji igbakeji ati fifun ni Ọkàn Purple ati Croix de Guerre pẹlu Palm.