History of United States Naval Operations in World War II Vol 6 Midway Coral Sea

Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions: May 1942-August 1942 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II) (v. 4) Samuel Eliot Morison May 1951 reprint by Atlantic / Little, Brown, and Company 307 pages Used Very Good,  : Atlantic - Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, reprinted 1951.  Hardcover (Original Cloth). .. It includes  folding maps and other charts in the text. Photos Illustrations . Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 307 pages  Presentation bookplate inside from cover. Samuel Eliot Morison who wrote to his friend President Franklin D. Roosevelt to offer himself as a “sea-going historiographer” to chronicle the activities of the U.S. Navy in World War II. “In order to do it the right way,” he told Roosevelt, “I must have a living, intimate connection with the Navy flagrante bello. An armchair history job after peace is concluded won’t do.” Before April was out, Morison was meeting with Navy officials to accept a commission as a lieutenant commander and discuss the logistics of his globe-spanning assignment.   Recounts the role of the United States in World War II at sea, from encounters in the Atlantic before the country entered the war to the surrender of Japan.