I'm always ready to see different and interesting methods of displaying quantitative data, and this work--published in LIFE magazine in 1942--certainly fits that category. That the ship losses are printed in reverse--white on black--is unusual in itself, but the design is just particularly good, fitting a lot of data on a single sheet of paper. The image dramatically displays some very good (and very welcomed) news for the American public as the campaign for the Pacific dug in. This was a major Allied victory in November 1942, and one of the pieces of the end for a campaign that stretched itself out over three years.
--Solomon Island WWII battle chronology found HERE.
--General history of the Solomons campaigns HERE
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Detail of the above:
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