Nimitz Graybook Volume 2: 1 September 1942 - 31 December 1942 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781608884360)

Volume 2 of the Nimitz Graybook covers the pivotal Guadalcanal Campaign and the fierce naval battles for control of the Solomon Islands. From September through December 1942, these documents reveal the desperate struggle to maintain America's first major offensive in the Pacific.

This facsimile edition preserves Admiral Nimitz's running estimate during the battles of Savo Island, Eastern Solomons, Cape Esperance, and the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

From Collection 505, Papers of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Naval History and Heritage Command Archives. Contains 592 pages of primary source documentation.