[Panzermacher]

The Juneau wasn't even lost at Ironbottom......she was on her way out. The majority of ships tho...lie in Ironbottom. A testament to the intense fighting in that area. Somewhere I saw a listing of all the ships lost in the whole of the campaign, but I can't remember just where I saw it....but it looked similar to your list brett, but went by names...

Guadalcanal was the First US Victory to hit the Mainland news. Buna didn't get the press/coverage that the 'canal did. The one thing I always see about the Buna campaign were the "Infamous" pics of the US dead at the landing sight.(Maybe the reason it didn't get the press??) Sadly, both Buna/New Guinea and Guadalcanal both dragged on beyond the claimed victory dates as the Allies had to go into Jungles, swamps and Mangroves and root out the die hard defenders.