Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 (The Pacific War Trilogy Book 3)

by Ian W. Toll

The Joltin’ Josie, as the aircraft was called, flew from Mather Field, California (near Sacramento) in three hops to Honolulu, Kwajalein, and Saipan, landing at Isley Field on October 12, 1944.