Following the entrance of the People's Republic of China into the war in late November 1950, Brown and his squadron were dispatched to the Chosin Reservoir, where an intense campaign was being fought between the People's Volunteer Army and the US X Corps.
A raíz da entrada da República Popular de Chinesa na guerra a finais de novembro de 1950, Brown e o seu escuadrón foron enviados á zona do encoro de Chosin, onde se librada unha intensa batalla entre o Exército de Voluntarios do Pobo e o X Corpo dos EE.