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DR. BROWN WAS AWORLD RENOWNEDFIGHTER PILOT WHOFLEW IN 68 LONGRANGE COMBAT
OPERATIONS DURINGWORLD WAR II.
DURING THE WAR HE FLEWFOR THE HISTORIC
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN , THEFIRST AFRICAN -AMERICANPILOTS IN UNITED STATESHISTORY . DR . BROWNBROKE THE RACIAL
STEREOTYPES WITH THETUSKEGEE AIRMEN ANDHELPED THEM BECOMEONE OF THE MOSTFAMOUS GROUPS IN
WORLD WAR I I HISTORY .
AS AN INTEGRAL PART OFTHE UNITED STATESEFFORTS , DR . BROWNFLEW ON THE LONGESTAIR FORCE MISSION OFWORLD WAR I I , WHEN HEFLEW FROM ITALY TO
BERLIN TO FACE DEADLYGERMAN FIGHTER JETS .THANKS TO HIS EFFORTSTHE UNITED STATESSUCCESSFULLY TOOK
DOWN THE GERMAN JETSAND RETURNED SAFELY TO
BASE .
IN AN INTERVIEWREMINISCING ABOUT HISEFFORTS , DR . BROWNONCE SAID “FIGHTERPILOTS ARE LIKE
ATHLETES . AND I WAS APRETTY GOOD PILOT . ” HE
WAS NEVER SHY TOTALKING ABOUT THE WARAS HE WAS VERY PROUDOF HIS EFFORTS AND ALLTHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED
FOR HIS COUNTRY .
OUTSIDE OF HIS HEROICWAR EFFORTS , DR . BROWNWAS AN AVID MARATHONRUNNER AND EDUCATOR .HE RETURNED HOME TOFINISH HIS PH .D AFTER
THE WAR BEFORETEACHING AT CUNY ANDNYU AND THEN SERVINGAS PRESIDENT OF BRONXCOMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR
17 YEARS .
UNFORTUNATELY , DR .BROWN FELL CRITICALLYILL DURING THESE PAST
WINTER MONTHS AND WASUNABLE TO RECOVER . HELEAVES BEHIND THIS
MESSAGE .
“MY MESSAGE TO YOUNGPEOPLE IS TO KEEP ON
WORKING , ” HECONTINUED . “YOU ’VE GOTTO BE BETTER , YOU ’VE GOT
TO BE DISCIPLINED ,YOU ’VE GOTTA BELIEVE .AND IF YOU BELIEVE YOUCAN OVERCOME , YOU CANOVERCOME . THAT ’S THESTORY OF THE TUSKEGEE
AIRMEN . ”