That all life was ultimately and only attempting to survive — this was entirely new. Ron originally presented this discovery in a now legendary manuscript known as Excalibur, yet eventually chose not to publish the work for the fact it lacked an actual therapy for improvement. Nevertheless, with this first philosophic breakthrough on the shelf, he now had the yardstick with which to align all further research.

In recognition of his exploratory achievements through these years, 1940 saw Ron's admittance to the famed Explorers Club where he stood among the foremost ethnologists of his day. Consequently, all subsequent expeditions were carried forth under the coveted Explorers Club flag — most immediately a late 1940 voyage to Alaska wherein he not only conducted landmark studies of Pacific Coast Indian tribes, but also pioneered a long range navigation system employed along all sea and air lanes into the latter decades of the twentieth century.

With the advent of the Second World War, Ron entered the United States Navy as a lieutenant and initially served as a senior American intelligence officer in Australia. Upon his return to the United States (as the first American casualty of South Pacific combat) he went on to serve with distinction in both the North Pacific and Atlantic — commanding anti-submarine corvettes, and training crews for amphibious landings. Although highly decorated for duties under fire, he was deeply saddened by the resultant carnage and inhumanity, and so resolved to redouble his efforts to improve the human condition. Accordingly, he continued his research even through the darkest days of 1943 and 1944.