Ka cika wannan magana: A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Ford ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban sashen da ke da alhakin ɗaukar hoto a Ofishin Kula da Ayyuka da kuma shirya fina-finai na musamman don Ma'aikatar Sojojin Ruwa. An ba shi izini a matsayin kwamandan a cikin Amurka Navy Reserve. Ya lashe wasu kyaututtuka na Academy guda biyu a wannan lokacin, daya don fim din "The Battle of Midway" (1942), kuma daya don fim din farfaganda "" (1943). Ford ya yi fim
harin Japan a Midway daga tashar wutar lantarki ta Sand Island kuma an ji rauni a hannu.