Trivia / History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II

• Backed by the Pentagon: Naturally. Morrison was given a high level of access to the US Navy, and commissioned into the US Naval Reserve. Technically speaking, however, because the Navy did not commission this project ^note it was Morrison's idea, which he presented to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it is not an official history per se. (In practice, however, it's pretty much regarded by everyone as the history of the World War 2 US Navy.)
• Beam Me Up, Scotty!: Morison invented the term "Long Lance" for the famous Type 93 torpedo, not the Japanese. The term was so evocative, it stuck.