 Brown was appointed assistant operations officer , 2d Air Division on 8 April 1944 . He was promoted to colonel on 1 October 1944 . Having completed the required 25 missions , he was rotated back to the United States on 9 November 1944 . Alice was shocked to discover " that guy of mine had in fact requested another overseas assignment . He was so gung ho that he had come home , checked on me , and without my knowing it , put in to go back for another tour . " However , the Air Force turned down the request . On 27 January 1945 , Brown became Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff A @-@ 3 with the Air Training Command at Fort Worth , Texas . 
