Donald F. Brown
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Navy
Donald F. Brown
Mr. Brown enlisted in the Naval Reserve on October 31, 1942. Home at entry: Hibbing, Minnesota.
He served as a Boatswain's Mate Second Class and AC V5 with the Motor Torpedo Boat Commissioning Detail in Portsmouth, R.I., and aboard motor torpedo boats (PT) in Okinawa and Philipppines.
He received the following: Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and Philippine Liberation Medal.
Mr. Brown was honorably discharged on October 5, 1945, at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project, page 46.