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Retired
Sheriff Charles Brown,1980 |
Home on
leave |
Intelligence
Officer 1950-1955 |
Crew members pictured above at the reunion of The Witch, the
first POWs in Bulgaria are Joe Turley-PA, Tony Rauta-IL, Dale Hulsey-TX, J.T.
Darlington (Pilot)- TN, Roland Gilletta-TX, Ned Howard-AR, Sylvester Brown-NJ,
Joe Quigley (not pictured, but did attend the reunion).
Last
Name:
BROWN |
First
Name Middle Initial:
S CHARLES |
Nick
Name:
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| Street:
554 CENTRAL AVE |
City
& State: HAMMONTON, NJ |
E-Mail:
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| Zip:
08037 |
Phone:
609 561-1789 |
Spouse:
Josephine M |
| Conflict:
WWII |
Service
Branch: 376 BS |
Unit:
376 Bomb Group 15 AF |
| Theater:
ETO |
Where
Captured: YUGOSLAVIA |
Date
Captured: 11/24/43 |
| Camps
Held In: BULGARIA |
How
Long Interned: 362 days |
| Liberated
/ repatriated: liberated |
Date
Liberated: 11/20/44 |
Age
at Capture: 19 |
| Medals
Received: Air Medal, POW, Purple Heart,WW11 Victory Medal |
| Military
Job: Gunner |
Company:
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE |
| Occupation
after War: INTELLIGENCE OFFICER |
Bio:
Charles Brown was captured in Yugoslavia and was sent on a 5 hour
march were he would spend the next 13 months in a camp in Bulgaria.
The Bulgarians executed two of his crew members while they were there.
Mr. Brown was liberated in 1944 but was called back to service on
October 1950 and was sent to duty in the Korean Conflict until 1955.
Charles stayed in the U. S. Air Force until he was Honorably
Discharged as a Intelligence Officer, he later went on to work with
the local sheriff's Office until he retired in 1980.
He now resides in Hammonton, NJ with his wife Josephine that he
married on June 10th, 1945. He also has a son, Gary Charles Brown. |
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