Items
Below are 50 random items from across all online collections.
Nashville News Published 1938
Nashville News Published 1938. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Newspaper article about James Dibble and the Distinguished Flying Cross
Newspaper article about James Dibble and the Distinguished Flying Cross. This appeared in Skywrighter, the base newspaper for Wright-Patterson Air…
Letter from James at Muroc Air Force base (now Edwards), CA to his parents, 1943-01
Letter from James at Muroc Air Force base (now Edwards), CA to his parents.
Nashville News Published 1909
Nashville News Published 1909. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Nashville News Published 1879
Nashville News Published 1879. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Hastings Banner Published 1951
Hastings Banner Published 1951. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
James Dibble and teammates at the Englewood Y in Chicago
James Dibble (front row, center) and teammates at the Englewood Y in Chicago, IL.
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 25 to June 30, 1943
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 25 to June 30, 1943.
Lt. Frank Mcintosh's account of August 30, 1943
Lt. Frank Mcintosh's account of August 30, 1943. Written in the 1990's.
Hastings Banner Published 1974
Hastings Banner Published 1974. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Sun and News Published 1982
Sun and News Published 1982. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Hastings Banner Published 1925
Hastings Banner Published 1925. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Letter from James at Muroc Air Force base (now Edwards), CA to his parents, 1942-12-24
Letter from James at Muroc Air Force base (now Edwards), CA to his parents.
Sun and News Published 2009
Sun and News Published 2009. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Hastings Herald Published 1905
Hastings Herald published 1905. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Jim Dibble with Jim's brother Bill, Enzo Pinto and Sal Dimaio in Padula.
Jim Dibble (left) with James' brother Bill (back to camera), eyewitness Enzo Pinto (center right) and relative of a family friend Sal Dimaio (right).…
Nashville News Published 1958
Nashville News Published 1958. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Excerpt from The Reminder listing names of former Hastings High School students who died in World War II
Excerpt from The Reminder listing names of former Hastings High School students who died in World War II.
Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his mother, 1942-02-07
Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his mother.
Sun and News Published 2012
Sun and News Published 2012. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Newspaper clipping of the Chico Flying School Review Parade, date unknown
Newspaper clipping showing flying school trainees in review before the base commander. James Dibble is somewhere in the upper picture. He included…
Assorted newspaper clippings about James Dibble shooting down a German Messerschmitt
Assorted newspaper clippings mounted on a scrapbook page about James Dibble shooting down a German Messerschmitt.
Hastings Banner Published 2023
Hastings Banner Published 2023. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Statement from James Dibble about Lt. Rigney, shot down on August 30, 1943
Statement from James Dibble about Lt. Rigney, shot down on August 30, 1943.
Letter from James in Santa Ana, CA during primary training to his mother, 1942-04
Letter from James in Santa Ana, CA during primary training to his mother.
The plaque on James Dibble's Monument
The plaque on James Dibble's Monument.
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 7, 1943
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 7, 1943.
Hastings Banner Published 2000
Hastings Banner Published 2000. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Hastings Banner Published 1864
Hastings Banner Published 1864. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Hastings Public Library's First Public Home in the High School Circa 1918
Photograph of the original high school in Hastings, now the middle school. The Women's Club first moved their private reading room to this new public…
Newspaper clipping listing James Dibble as missing in action
Newspaper clipping listing James Dibble as missing in action.
Maple Valley News Published 2017
Maple Valley News Published 2017. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Hastings Banner Published 2019
Hastings Banner Published 2019. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to…
Hastings Banner Published 1986
Hastings Banner Published 1986. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Copy of a letter from Stan Wojcik to Jim Dibble discussing the events of September 9, 1943 and how he and James may have been confused by other witnesses
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.
Letter from Maxine in Los Angeles, CA, to James' parents, 1942-12-27
Letter from Maxine in Los Angeles, CA, to James' parents.
The Dibble brothers with war widows in white and other Padula citizens
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…
Certificate describing James Dibble's character and receipt of the Distinguished Flying Cross
Certificate describing James Dibble's character and receipt of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Sun and News Published 2014
Sun and News Published 2014. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Sun and News Published 2001
Sun and News Published 2001. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Nashville News Published 1917
Nashville News Published 1917. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
A Brief History of the Women's Club Library
Summary of the Women's Club of Hastings' formation of and involvement with and management of a library from 1896 through the mid 1990's.
Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his mother, 1942-07-08
Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his mother.
Letter from James at Luke Field, AZ during advanced training to his parents asking them to authorize his marriage to get a license, 1942-10-22
Letter from James at Luke Field, AZ during advanced training to his parents asking them to authorize his marriage to get a license.
Account of Eddie Rickenbacker's visit to the 94th Air Squadron in Algeria, 1943
Account of Eddie Rickenbacker's visit to the 94th Air Squadron in Algeria, 1943.
Hastings Banner Published 1941
Hastings Banner Published 1941. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Example of a North American AT-6 James Dibble trained on.
Example of a North American AT-6 James Dibble trained on. This was an advanced training plane.
James Dibble at basic training.
James Dibble at basic training.
Hastings Banner Published 1996
Hastings Banner Published 1996. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Hastings Banner Published 1977
Hastings Banner Published 1977. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…