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Lt. Gen. Frederic J. Brown
(Ret.) He is a Cold War veteran of the Division whose father
(of the same name) West Point Distinguished Graduate Award 2010 (PDF format) See photo collection further below. |
| Lt. Gen. F.J. Brown in 1986 as Commanding General of the Fourth U.S. Army, Fort Sheridan, Illinois. |
| Lt. Col. F.J. Brown in 1970 in Vietnam as Commander, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division. |
| In 1959 ceremony at 3rd Armored Division headquarters, Drake Kaserne, Frankfurt, Germany: Maj. Gen. Frederic J. Brown (left), then 3AD Commanding General, is pictured with Brig. Gen. Creighton Abrams, then 3AD Assistant Division Commander. For MG Brown this would be a return to the division that he served with in WWII from 1941 to 1945, including 3AD Division Artillery Commander both in stateside & England training and during nine months of combat in France, Belgium, and Germany. Then Col. Brown was arguably second only to Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose in leading to the success of the 3AD in its aggressive European drive against Germany. Abrams would later become 3AD Commander in 1960 as Brown moved on to V Corps Commander. The two would remain personal friends for life. |
| U.S. Vietnam Top Commander Gen. Creighton Abrams and Lt. Col. F.J. Brown at MACV in Saigon, 1969, during a brief relaxation break. Brown, on his 2nd tour in Vietnam, was about to take over command of 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division. |
| Brown family photos: (left) West Point cadet Frederic "Rick" Brown and his father, Brig. Gen. Frederic Brown, at Rhein Main Air Base, Germany, in 1954; and (right) in 1959 in Frankfurt, Germany, [from left]: 1LT " Rick" Brown, his wife Anne, and his mother and father, Kathryn and Maj. Gen. Frederic Brown, then Commander of the 3rd Armored Division. |
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