WW2 #13: The Turkey Shoot

After their defeat at the Battle of Midway the Japanese lost the elite of their carrier forces, and were facing a new threat the loss of the Philippines. When American Admiral Spruance laid siege to the island, of Guam, Rota, and Saipan, the Japanese high command had to commit it’s remaining carriers in a vain effort to stop him.

Unknown to the Japanese, the strength of the U.S. Fleet was being rapidly built up—new carriers and other ships being launched daily. All this while the Japanese Fleet stagnated American submarines were strangling the Japanese Merchant Fleet, slowing to a trickle the flow of oil, steel and other goods needed to replace losses necessary to maintain effective fleet levels. So as powerful as the Japanese Navy was, it was unknowingly about to engage a vastly su­perior American Fleet in the Battle Of Midway, nicknamed “The Great Turkey Shoot”, for reasons about to be made apparent.

Writer, Artist and Illustrator Ronald Ledwell with over sixty published books, plus many numerous freelance projects to his credit has been writing and illustrating Comics and Graphic Novels for over thirty-five years. His work has been published and distributed world wide by New England Comics and the major genera distributors. The owner of a commercial printing and graphics company for forty years, but now retired and concentrating on creating graphic novels. His titles have become cult classics and are sold on Ebay, Amazon and other collectable sites. He is in the process of converting his past titles into Ebooks with BB eBooks and many are up on Amazon, iTunes, etc. He is a Navy Veteran and lives in Massachusetts with his wife Jeanne, who is also a writer.

Location: Massachussetts, USA