Ka cika wannan jumla: Ya koma Kanada bayan da aka soma Yaƙin Duniya na II, amma ya sami wahalar samun aikin rediyo, kuma ya koma Ingila a shekara ta 1940 don ya yi aiki a matsayin wakilin yaƙi na BBC. An sanya shi ga Royal Canadian Air Force da Royal Air Force, kuma ya ruwaito game da fashewar bama-bamai na Cologne. Daga baya, a lokacin fadace-fadace a yammacin gaba, ya ruwaito a kan ƙasa yaki, kuma ya kasance daya daga cikin na farko da wakilan zuwa
shiga Brussels a watan Satumbar 1944. A Ranar VE, ya yi magana kai tsaye daga wurin sharhi da ke kallon Piccadilly Circus, yana ba da rahoto a kan lamarin kowane minti ashirin daga 2 na yamma har zuwa 4:55 na safe na gobe.