Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1939 Ray yana aiki a ofishin "The Manchester Guardian" na London. Da barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu an nada shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin wakilan yaƙin jaridar, da farko tare da Fifth Destroyer Flotilla a cikin Channel, sannan kuma ya rufe saukowar Arewacin Afirka a cikin 1942 da kamfen ɗin Italiya na Rundunar Soja ta Takwas. A wani lokaci, ba tare da wani iko ba, ya dauki umarni na wucin gadi na wani rukuni na Kanada a Italiya lokacin da jami'in da manyan jami'ai suka yi aiki. An ambace shi a cikin wasiku. A 1944 ya koma BBC a matsayin mai ba da rahoto game da harin da Amurka ta kai kan Nijmegen
Kuma tare da Sojoji na Uku suka shiga Jamus. A can ma, ya nuna ƙarfin hali, kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta sojojin Amurka.