Isley Field not only helped in ending the Battle of Saipan but WWII as well. By 1945 an American military city grew from Isley Field to the Obyan Beach area. Tens of thousands of American soldiers lived there working in shifts around-the-clock loading B-29's for the constant bombing of Japan. Today the city is gone, swallowed by the jungle. Most of the roads are nothing more than hiking trails leading to cement foundations, the only remaining evidence of the city. This is part of the 1945 aerial picture, "Aerial 01" showing the American military city from Isley Field down to Ladder Beach and right to Obyan Beach. Notice the B-29's parked near the runway.
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