Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Yunin 1945, Downs ya shiga ƙungiyar 'yan jarida na iska da Tex McCrary ya shirya don rufe Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 20. Kungiyar ta haɗa da 'yan jarida Bill Lawrence, George Silk, Homer Bigart, da sauransu. Sun zagaya Turai a cikin makonni bayan V-E Day a cikin al'ada B-17 sanye take da kayan aikin rediyo mai ƙarfi mai ƙarfi. Sun fara da Paris kuma sun ci gaba da bincika halakar da aka yi daga yakin basasa na Allied a kan
Hamburg da kuma Dresden. Daga nan sai kungiyar ta tsaya a Alkahira, Baghdad, da Sri Lanka kafin ta isa Gabashin Asiya a watan Agusta don rufe kwanakin karshe na Pacific Theater. Rahotanni sun ruwaito daga Manchuria a lokacin mamayewar Soviet. Ya isa Manila a watan Agusta 1945 kuma ya sauka tare da rukunin farko na mamaye Japan, daga baya ya kasance don sanya hannu kan mika wuya na Japan. A cikin 'yan watanni masu zuwa kungiyar ta zagaya Asiya, ta tsaya a China, Indochina ta Faransa, Thailand, Burma, Malay States, da Java. Kungiyar ta shiga Hiroshima a ranar 4 ga Satumba, kusan wata daya bayan bam din bam din.