Brown lobbied the U.S. Department of Defense for Sabo to be recognized and, in 2006, Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey recommended that Sabo receive the Medal of Honor.
Brown unterstützte das Anliegen von Mabb, und im Jahr 2006 empfahl der Secretary of the Army, Francis J. Harvey, dem Kongress, Sabo die Medal of Honor zuzuerkennen.