On December 10, 1941, at 03:13 GMT (11:13 SGT), the capital ships of Force Z were subjected to a sustained aerial attack by land-based Japanese bomber aircraft.

His experiences in his long journey and dealings with Italian, British, and other censorship authorities led him to write Suez to Singapore which was published in 1942.

[2][3]: 199–203 After leaving CBS Brown covered the rest of the war at home, in the United States, for the Mutual Network.

When World War II ended, Brown continued to work in broadcast journalism as a correspondent for Mutual, NBC and ABC.

Bernstein, Mark, World War II on the air: Edward R Murrow and the broadcasts that riveted a nation (Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc, 2003)