Brown led the division during the clearing of the Ruhr Pocket and then drove the Germans from the Lower Bavaria, Austria and ultimately crossed the Czechoslovakian border on May 1, 1945. The Fifth Division participated in the combats against retreating German forces until reached the demarcation line near Vimperk and Volary. When stationed in Czechoslovakia following the surrender of Nazi Germany, divisional troops discovered shallow graves of Jewish death march victims from Helmbrechts concentration camp, who were starved to death by German SS Troops.