Volume 6 of the Nimitz Graybook covers the first half of 1945, documenting the final push toward Japan. This facsimile edition preserves Admiral Nimitz's command summary during the bloody battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. These documents reveal the strategic calculations behind the island campaigns that brought American forces within striking distance of the Japanese home islands. From Collection 505, Papers of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Naval History and Heritage Command Archives. Contains 788 pages of primary source documentation.