Ford Ovid Rogers (March 23, 1894 – September 12, 1972) was a highly decorated naval aviator, who served with the United States Marine Corps, retiring with the rank of major general.

[1] Ford O. Rogers was born on March 23, 1894, in Waco, Texas, and was appointed midshipman at United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1913.

Rogers was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve on September 15, 1917, and was assigned to the flight training course at Naval Air Station in Miami, Florida.

He was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant on July 1, 1918, and sent overseas as a member of the Day Wing, First Aviation Force within Northern Bombing Group under the command Major Alfred A. Cunningham.

Shortly before the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, Rogers was transferred to Virgin Islands, where he was appointed commanding officer of the Marine Corps Air Station at St. Thomas.

Colonel Rogers returned to the United States in September 1942 and was decorated with the Navy Commendation Medal for his service at Bourne Field.

In this capacity he relieved Brigadier General James T. Moore and also served as Main Air Force advisor to the Peruvian president Manuel Prado Ugarteche.

In this capacity, he accepted surrender of Lieutenant General Sadae Inoue, Commander of all Japanese forces in the area, while aboard the destroyer USS Amick on September 2, 1945.