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Brown, Lewis E. (Louie), CSM USA(Ret).
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Last Address Fayetteville, NC
Date of Passing Mar 06, 2009
Location of Interment Fort Liberty Post Cemetery (VLM) (Formerly Fort Bragg) - Fort Liberty, North Carolina
CSM(R) Lewis E. Brown (D-3), passed away 6 March 2009 while in hospice care. Louie was a member of Chapter 1-18 in Fayetteville, NC. A Veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam War; he served with the 10th SFG(A) beginning in 1952, and later with the 77th, 1st, 5th and 7th SFG(A). Louie made five combat jumps during WWII and the Korean War. His was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (3nd Award), Bronze Star (2OLC), WWII Victory Medal, Air Medal, Asian-Pacific Theater Medal, Master Parachutist Badge, Vietnam Service Medal and Campaign Medals, Meritorious Service Medal and numerous other awards and decoration during his distinguished military career. He is survived by his wife, Helen, a daughter, three grandchildren, two nephews, and a niece. A memorial service was held 9 March 2009 at JFK Chapel on Fort Bragg, interment followed at Lafayette Memorial Park with a rendering of full military honors.
Northern Solomons Campaign (1943-44)/Battle of the Treasury Islands (Operation Goodtime)
From Month/Year
October / 1943
To Month/Year
November / 1943
Description The Battle of the Treasury Islands was a Second World War battle that took place between 27 October and 12 November 1943 on the Treasury Islands group; part of the Solomon Islands as part of the Pacific Theatre. The Allied invasion of the Japanese held island group intended to secure Mono and Stirling Islands so that a radar station could be constructed on the former and the latter be used as a staging area for an assault on Bougainville. The attack on the Treasury Islands would serve the long term allied strategy of isolating Bougainville and Rabaul and the elimination of the 24,000 strong garrison in the area.
The invasion, to be conducted primarily by the New Zealand Army, supported by American forces, was codenamed Operation Goodtime. The New Zealand 8th Infantry Brigade Group, assigned to the United States' I Marine Amphibious Corps, launched the invasion of the Treasury Islands at 06:06 hours on 27 October. 3,795 men landed in the assault wave with the remainder of the Allied force landing in four waves during the following 20 days. The operation was the first amphibious assault launched by New Zealand troops since the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915.
On 1 November the flag was raised over the ruins of Falamae, the islands' capital, and civil administration was restored. Eleven days later the islands were declared clear of Japanese forces; although Japanese holdouts were sighted in the jungles into January 1944.
