Volume 5 of the Nimitz Graybook documents all of 1944, the year American forces swept across the Central Pacific. This facsimile edition preserves Admiral Nimitz's command summary during the Marshall Islands Campaign, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Mariana Islands operations, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. These documents capture the strategic decisions behind some of the war's largest naval operations and the greatest carrier battles in history. From Collection 505, Papers of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Naval History and Heritage Command Archives. Contains 678 pages of primary source documentation.