Leyte (CV 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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Upon graduating and receiving his wings in October 1948 ENS Brown became the iirst Negro Naval 'Aviator to be so designated. 1 ' i , ' ENS Brown was commissioned shortly after being ordered' to dutylwith Fighter Squadron 'Thirty-two aboard the USS LEYTE. On Oct. 13, 1950 he became the first. Negro Naval pilot to Hy a combat mission against an enemy of the United States when he flew his Corsair fighter in a strike on.enemy supply lanes from Wonsan to Chongjin on the east coast of Korea. . f . . l - , ENS Brown was killed in action, while rendering close support to U.-ESQ Marines 'trapped in the .Chosin reservoir, on Dec. 4, 1950 when his plane was shot down by enemy'Hreg A shipmate, LTJG Thomas J. Hudner, who later received the Medal of Honor, crash landed his plane alongside ENS Brown's and tried to rescue him but his attempts proved futile, and ENS Brown died - the first Negro Naval Aviatorto give his life for his country. A 1 - s . ENS Brown-is survived by his wife, Mrs. Daisy Brown, of Hattiesburg, Miss., and a daughter, Pamela, LTJG THOMAS J. HUDNER