Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1939, Ray na-arụ ọrụ n'ọfịs London nke "The Manchester Guardian". Mgbe Agha Secondwa nke Abụọ malitere, a họpụtara ya dịka otu n'ime ndị nta akụkọ agha nke akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ, nke mbụ na Fifth Destroyer Flotilla na Channel, wee kpuchie mbata nke North Africa na 1942 na mkpọsa Ịtali nke Eighth Army. N'otu oge, n'enweghị ikike ọ bụla, o weere iwu nke nwa oge nke ndị agha Canada na Ịtali mgbe ndị isi ya na ndị isi ndị isi ha na-anọghị n'ọrụ. A kpọtụrụ ya aha n'ozi. N'afọ 1944 ọ banyere na BBC dịka onye ntaakụkọ na-akọ maka mwakpo ndị Amerịka na-awakpo Naịjirịa.
Nijmegen na ndị agha nke atọ abanye na Germany. N'ebe ahụ kwa, o gosipụtara obi ike dị ịrịba ama, ma nweta ihe nrite ndị agha America.