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Maxine Dibble

Sun and News Published 1985. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1933. 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.

General Twining presenting an Air Medal to 94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas

Nashville News Published 1955. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

A short bio on James written by his nephew Jim. It references an article from Collier's, June 26, 1943, recounting a combat incident attributed to James Dibble. Rights were not received to include the text or an image of the article, but the original can be seen at the Hastings Public Library.

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Hu-Mc

Letter from James at Muroc Air Force base (now Edwards), CA to his parents.

James Dibble with his 3rd P-38 Lightning. Note the two swastikas on the nose indicating confirmed enemy planes shot down, and his wife's name painted on.

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

Excerpts from The Reminder recapping articles from the Banner and discussing changes to the memorial fountain over the years.

Maple Valley News Published 1980. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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 Herald published 1904. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1901. 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 1889. 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 at Muroc Air Force base (now Edwards), CA to his parents.

Maple Valley News Published 1979. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 3 to August 4, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1935. 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 2008. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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.

Speech by Col. John T. Hanton at Lt. James Dibble's monument dedication in Padula, Italy.

Recap of a mission where James Dibble participated in a flying escort for General Dwight Eisenhower in Italy.

Nashville News Published 1944. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1887. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Information given to the Dibbles on headstones the government would provide for James.

Sun and News Published 2001. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Bull Diaries Index, Weddings and Anniversaries Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Kr-Zi

James Dibble's Posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross Award

Maple Valley News Published 1995. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

World War II Memorial Fountain dedication from the Hastings Schools.

Bull Diaries Book 1

The Dibble brothers with war widows in white and other Padula citizens. War widows of Freedom Fighters wore white T-shirts to the monument dedication ceremony. Back row from left are Tom, Jim and Ted Dibble.

Nashville News Published 1885. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Color scans of the City of Hastings and all Townships and Villages in Barry County for 1873.

Images include:

• Assyria Township
• Baltimore Township
• Barry Township
• Carlton Township
• Castleton Township
• Hastings Township
• Hastings City Wards 1-4
• Hickory Corners Village
• Hope Township
• Irving Township
• Irving Village
• Johnstown Township
• Maple Grove Township
• Orangeville Township
• Orangeville Village
• Prairieville Township
• Prairieville Village
• Rutland Township
• Thornapple Township
• Woodland Township
• Woodland Village
• Yankee Springs Township

Sun and News Published 2023. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 2015. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission summaries of the 319th Bombardment Group including August 30, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1900. 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 1971. 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 Stan Wojcik's father informing him of Stan's missing in action status.

Hastings Banner Published 1988. 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 1895. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 9, 1943.

Assorted newspaper clippings mounted on a scrapbook page about James Dibble shooting down a German Messerschmitt.

Hastings Banner Published 1879. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Note this is a partial year with issues available May - December. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

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

Nashville News Published 1952. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.