What is John Ford?
{{Infobox person | name = John Ford | image = John Ford 3 Allan Warren.jpg | caption = Ford in May 1973 | birth_name = John Martin Feeney | birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|2|1}} | birth_place = [[Cape Elizabeth, Maine]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|8|31|1894|2|1}}<ref name=Eyman>Eyman, Scott. [http://partners.nytimes.com/books/first/e/eyman-legend.html ''Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford'']. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1999. {{ISBN|0-684-81161-8}} (excerpt c/o ''[[New York Times]]'')</ref> | death_place = [[Palm Desert, California|Palm Desert]], [[California]], U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist| * Movie director * producer }} | years_active = 1913–1966 | module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes | allegiance = [[United States]] | branch = [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]<br />[[United States Navy Reserve|U.S. Naval Reserve]] | serviceyears = 1942–45 (active)<br />1946–62 (reserve) | rank = [[Commander]] (active)<br />[[Rear Admiral]] (reserve) | battles = World War II * [[Battle of Midway]] * [[Battle of Normandy]] }} }} '''John Ford''' (February 1, 1894 &ndash; August 31, 1973) was an [[Americans|American]] [[movie director]]. He is best known as a director of [[Western (genre)|western]] [[movie]]s. He was born in [[Cape Elizabeth]], [[Maine]]. == The Navy == Ford was a soldier in [[World War II]]. He served for the [[United States Navy]] as the leader of the [[photography]] [[division]]. On [[D-day]], Ford and his soldiers crossed the [[English Channel]]. The soldiers arrived at [[Omaha Beach]] and watched the first boats land on the shore. Ford went on to the beach and [[filmed]] the battle take place. == Directing career == Ford started directing [[movie]]s in 1917 after he moved to [[California]]. His first movies were made during The Silent Era, an [[era]] where there was no recorded sound in any movies. In 1956, Ford finished making a popular movie called ''[[The Searchers]]''. The movie starred [[Jo