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Maple Valley News Published 1968. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Mission report dated August 26, 1943 listing Lt. Dibble as destroying an Me. 109.

Hastings Banner Published 1970. 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 1927. 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.

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

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

Notes from Lt. Frank McIntosh clarifying events of August 30, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1870. 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 1934. 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 1882. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in Glendale, CA during to his parents.

Jack Hanton talking about flying through the Padula Valley back in 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1887. 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.

Example of a North American AT-6 James Dibble trained on. This was an advanced training plane.

Nashville News Published 1915. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

James (seated, second from left), his brother Bill (seated, far right) and classmates at the Edger School in 1931.

Hastings Banner Published 1875. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Note the name change to the Hastings Republican Banner. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Hastings Herald published 1905. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 1991. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Notes from George Smith clarifying events of August 30, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1959. 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.

Statement from Stanton Opdahl about Lt. Woodard, shot down on August 30, 1943.

Declassified report of General Eisenhower's visit to Italy in August 1943.

An article in the From Time to Time series describing A. E. Bull and his impact on Irving Township in Barry County, MI. Note this document is not searchable and was scanned into PDF some years ago.

Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his mother.

Hastings Banner Published 1904. 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.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, May 21 and May 22, 1943.

James (2nd from left, front row) and classmates at the Kellogsville School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The plaque on James Dibble's Monument.

Maple Valley News Published 2008. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1951. 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.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 26, 1943.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Hastings Banner Published 1960. 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 1897. 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 to Maxine Dibble providing further details on James Dibble's crash and status, details later found to be in error.

Maple Valley News Published 1978. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1916. 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 Herald published 1901. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 22 to August 25, 1943.

Letter from James in Santa Ana, CA during primary training to his parents.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 11 and June 12, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1967. 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 wife Maxine (Micky). He tells her here what it's like to be a pilot in a tough spot. It's about the mission he flew on August 9, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1984. 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.

James Dibble's tentmate Jack Hanton (2nd from left) and Padula citizens. Jack flew with James on the mission when James was shot down and killed on September 9, 1943.

Sun and News Published 2018. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1909. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter to James Dibble's parents about the High School memorial.