Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan da Soviet ta haɗu da Baltic States, Rana ta koma Sweden don ci gaba da rahoto a matsayin wakilin Stockholm na "Tribune". A shekara ta 1941, Day ya bi sojojin Finland yayin da suka ci gaba zuwa yankin Soviet
kuma a watan Satumbar 1942 ya bar mukaminsa ya shiga rundunar sojojin Finland. Tribune ya bukaci ya dawo nan da nan, kuma Day ya yanke shawarar zama da kuma kokarin yin yaki tare da Finns. Finns a ƙarshe sun ƙi shigar da shi saboda matsin lamba daga gwamnatin Amurka. Fasfo dinsa ya kare kuma ba a sabunta shi ba, saboda haka Day ya sami kansa ba shi da aiki kuma ba zai iya tafiya ba.