Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Ford ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban sashen daukar hoto na Ofishin Harkokin Kasuwanci da kuma yin shirye-shiryen bidiyo don Ma'aikatar Navy. 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 ɗin harin da Japan ta kai Midway
daga tashar wutar lantarki ta Sand Island kuma ya ji rauni a hannu.