General George S. Brown was born in Montclair, New Jersey, on 17 August 1918. General Brown was a United States Air Force general who served as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After graduating from high school in Leavenworth, Kansas, and after attending the University of Missouri for a year, he received a congressional appointment to the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1941.

He flew with the 93rd Bombardment Group to England, the first B-24 Group to join the Eighth Air Force. During World War II, General Brown took part in the famous "Operation Tidal Wave," a low-level bombing raid against the Romanian oil refineries at Ploiesti. 

During the Korean War in 1950, he became commander of the 62nd Troop Carrier Group at McChord Air Force Base, Washington, which operated between the West Coast and Japan. During the Cold War, Brown held multiple positions including commander of the 3525th Pilot Training Wing at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, and commander of the Eastern Transport Air Force at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.

Brown's years of service spanned from 1941 through 1978 and his awards included one Distinguished Service Cross, four Air Force Distinguished Service Medals, one Silver Star, three Legion of Merits, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, one Bronze Star, four Air Medals, one Joint Service Commendation Medal, one Army Commendation Medal, and one Distinguished Flying Cross (UK).

He died December 5, 1978 at the age of 70 in Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller briefing on the evacuation of Saigon 28 April 1975.