Victory In The Pacific: 1945 (History Of United States Naval Operations In World War II) (v. 14)

Victory in the Pacific: 1945 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II) (v. 14)

This spectacular fifteen-volume series that charts the U.S. Naval operations during World War II with an insider's perspective. Morison, a Harvard professor, was given a special rank and writing post by FDR. He had active duty aboard eleven different ships, allowing him to witness many crucial battles in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In this, the concluding volume of his series, Admiral Morison describes the famous campaigns for the capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, in which he participated. Filled with many maps and file photographs.