Warren Brown served with distinction in the Army. He earned:

·        Bronze Star Medal
·        Purple Heart Medal
·        Invasion Arrowhead
·        Combat Infantry Badge
·        Four battle stars
·        Two stars on his parachute wings for combat jumps.
·        Presidential Unit Citation
·        French and Belgium Fourrageres
·        Orange Lanyard of the Royal Netherlands Army,  and
·        Numerous defense medals - including the Occupation Medal with Germany Bar.

Warren says. “After my service, I returned to Massachusetts and married Martha. I worked as a supervisor in a foundry, later as a quality control inspector at Smith and Wesson manufacturing weapons, and I finally retired from the Hampden County Hall of Justice Superior Court after 20 years service as a shift supervisor.

   I loved working at the Court House -- I had about 400 girls I could call ‘My Girls.’  I loved them all -- from 18 to 70 but still girls.

   My greatest noncombatant accomplishments were to marry Martha, raise my three girls, and, making  a hole-in-one, on August 9, 1971, at the third hole (135 yards) of the Indian Mountain Golf Course.

 After months of hospitalization, my beloved Martha died August 2, 2001. I am thankful for the 55 years we had together.”

Martha was loved and respected by the men and women of Hq1 and the 508^th Parachute Infantry Regiment Association.                             

                                                                                             Warren & Martha Brown

Warren Brown and his daughter Nancy reside at 123 Gardens Drive, Springfield, MA 01119 - 2535