The Battle of Guadalcanal became bloody as tremendous warfare waged on land, on sea and in the air.
The Japanese suffered great losses: more 36,000 killed, missing or captured.
Eventually, it wore the Japanese down and they withdrew completely in early 1943.
Wikipedia has apartial list of ships wreckedat the Iron Bottom Sound.
Each of these ships have a remarkable story.
PBS writes about one particular dive bomber, the American Douglas Dauntless that sank on July 23, 1943.
Map of the location of World War II shipwrecks in Ironbottom Sound in the Solomon Islands.
Some wreck positions are not exactly known.
Image credit:Wikimedia
The wreck of the Kinugawa Maru, beached and destroyed in 1942.
Photo credit:www.guadalcanal.com
Wrecked aircraft, Guadalcanal, 1945.
Photo courtesy of NZ433261 Ian ‘Jungle’ Forrester.
Pile of wrecked vehicles, Guadalcanal, 1945.
Photo courtesy of NZ433261 Ian ‘Jungle’ Forrester.
Two Solomon Islanders in a traditional canoe wish using a large shell.
Behind is the funnel and engine block of a WWII wreck.
Photo credit:Antony Robinson/Flickr
Photo credit:Stefan Krasowski/Flickr
Sources:PBS/www.solomons-diving.com/Wikipedia/Wikipedia
