The Bougainville Campaign in the Solomon Islands was a joint US-Australian operation which ended in complete Allied victory. The US sustained KIAs of 727 and the Australians of 516.  Japanese KIAs were 18,500-21500.
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.