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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kenneth Mahaffey. Mahaffey joined the Marine Corps in May 1943, after training as a Navy pilot. He received dive bombing training in Florida and upon completion was assigned to an SBD squadron. His first assignment was in early 1944, doing search and rescue operations and tracking submarines at Midway. He was then sent to the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, stationed there for bombing missions. After hitting his target, Mahaffey, piloting the only plane in his squadron outfitted with photographic equipment, waited for the smoke to clear before photographing the area to assess the damage. He recalls one mission on which Lindberg joined his squadron to demonstrate that their planes could carry an extra thousand pounds of ammunition. Mahaffey returned to the States in November 1944 to serve as a fire tactics instructor at Corpus Christi. One evening, he flew to Laredo to visit his brother, an orderly corporal in the Army Air Forces. When the tower prohibited his takeoff, he flew straight over it and performed a barrel roll. His brother tore up the only report of the incident. Mahaffey was discharged in 1946 but reenlisted four years …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kenneth Mahaffey. Mahaffey joined the Marine Corps in May 1943, after training as a Navy pilot. He received dive bombing training in Florida and upon completion was assigned to an SBD squadron. His first assignment was in early 1944, doing search and rescue operations and tracking submarines at Midway. He was then sent to the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, stationed there for bombing missions. After hitting his target, Mahaffey, piloting the only plane in his squadron outfitted with photographic equipment, waited for the smoke to clear before photographing the area to assess the damage. He recalls one mission on which Lindberg joined his squadron to demonstrate that their planes could carry an extra thousand pounds of ammunition. Mahaffey returned to the States in November 1944 to serve as a fire tactics instructor at Corpus Christi. One evening, he flew to Laredo to visit his brother, an orderly corporal in the Army Air Forces. When the tower prohibited his takeoff, he flew straight over it and performed a barrel roll. His brother tore up the only report of the incident. Mahaffey was discharged in 1946 but reenlisted four years …