Volume 8 of the Nimitz Graybook contains selected dispatches from the critical early months of the Pacific War, with particular emphasis on the Battle of Midway. This facsimile edition preserves key communications that shaped the course of the war. The Battle of Midway documentation reveals the intelligence assessments and operational orders that enabled the American victory that turned the tide of the Pacific War. From Collection 505, Papers of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Naval History and Heritage Command Archives. Contains 498 pages of primary source documentation.