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Hastings Banner Published 1998. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Letter from the State Department to Jim Dibble regarding assistance in researching James Dibble's crash site.

Barry County Cemetery Burials, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically H-L. Notes: This data was compiled in 2006 and will not contain datas later than approximately 2004. Many first names are missing for some cemeteries whose names begin with S-W; we will address this issue if and when possible.

Nashville News Published 1951. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Herald published 1907. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1999. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Letter from James in Chico, CA during basic training to his mother.

Hastings Herald published 1912. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Herald published 1906. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1940. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1884. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Hastings Banner Published 1909. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

The plaque is installed on James Dibble's Monument just prior to the dedication ceremony.

Maple Valley News Published 1985. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1993. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas at Mateur, Tunisia

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 25 to June 30, 1943.

Nashville News Published 1904. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1958. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Maple Valley News Published 2019. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings High School Commencement Program, James is listed on page 3 under College Courses.

Hastings Banner Published 2012. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Bull Diaries Index Volume 2, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Un-Zu

Hastings Herald published 1913. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from Jim Dibble to the State Department seeking assistance to research James Dibble's crash site in Italy.

Hastings Herald published 1902. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 2009. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Michigan Central Railroad Crash photos from 1914-05-28, outside Nashville, MI

Letter from Maxine in Los Angeles, CA, to James' parents.

Nashville News Published 1874. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Th-Zu

Sun and News Published 2012. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

James Dibble's posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross Ceremony. His brother Bill (left) accepted on his behalf. Presenter and man on right are unknown.

Republican (Hastings) Banner Published 1859. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Nashville News Published 1913. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 2000. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Originally it was thought that Stan died when in fact it was James. Stan survived being shot down and was taken prisoner.

See his POW ID Card.

Bull Diaries Book 9

Letter fragment from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky). He mentions the Collier's article about him.

Maple Valley News Published 2001. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Flight logs for James Dibble from training at Chico, CA through his final flight on September 9, 1943.

The story of August 30, 1943, titled "The Day of Armageddon" by Jim Dibble; an account of the air battle that earned his uncle James Dibble the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Nashville News Published 1927. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1980. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Nashville News Published 1889. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1898. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1937. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Newspaper clipping announcing a tribute to war dead at Hastings High School.