On April 18, 1942, James "Jimmy" Doolittle, Hollenbeck Lodge No. 319, Los Angeles, California, led 16 B-25 medium bombers into Japan completing the first successful attack on the Japanese mainland in World War II. Brother Doolittle's heroism during this mission, today known as the Doolittle Raid, earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. The mission would not have been possible without the high-octane aviation fuel, which enabled the bombers to fly the long distance from the US fleet to Japan. That same high-octane aviation fuel was developed in the previous decade by none other than Brother Doolittle himself.
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