Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da Amurka ta shiga Yaƙin Duniya na II, Desfor ya yi ƙoƙarin shiga cikin Sojojin Ruwa amma an ƙi shi saboda shekarunsa kuma shi kaɗai ne tushen samun kuɗin shiga ga iyalinsa. Daga nan sai ya zama mai daukar hoto na yakin basasa wanda aka sanya wa ma'aikatan Admiral Chester W. Nimitz na Pacific. A watan Agusta 1945, Desfor ya ɗauki hotunan ma'aikatan "Enola Gay" lokacin da suka sauka a Saipan bayan sun jefa bam din nukiliya a Hiroshima. Ya kuma kasance a wurin don daukar hoton Japan ta mika wuya.
a cikin jirgin a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1945.