Ka kammala wannan jumla: Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da Amirka ta shiga Yaƙin Duniya na II, Desfor ya yi ƙoƙarin shiga cikin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa amma an ƙi shi saboda shekarunsa kuma shi ne tushen samun kuɗin shiga na 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 hoto
Japan ta mika wuya a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1945.