 Similarly to his father Ronald Brown was a trailblazer in his own right also being at the forefront of an African American first.Ronald Brown served the United States in World War II as a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen.Sixty years later and a few years after his death Ronald Brown as well as his fellow Tuskegee Airmen pilots were awarded with Congressional Gold Medals for their service and achievement in the war.