Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MuHondo Yenyika II, Ford akashanda somukuru weboka rokutora mifananidzo reOffice of Strategic Services uye akaita mafirimu ezvinyorwa zveDhipatimendi reNavy. Akagadzwa somutungamiriri muUnited States Navy Reserve. Akakunda mimwe mibairo miviri yeAcademy munguva iyi, imwe nokuda kwehafu-yezvinyorwa "The Battle of Midway" (1942), uye imwe nokuda kwefirimu rekuparidzira "" (1943). Ford akarekodha kurwisa kweJapan kuMidway
kubva pasimba remagetsi reSand Island uye akakuvadzwa muruoko.