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Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his mother.

Hastings Banner Published 1908. 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.

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

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

Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his mother.

Hastings Banner Published 1972. 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, July 14, 1943.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Sun and News Published 2002. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1986. 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.

Bill Dibble (third from right, back row) and classmates outside the Edger one room schoolhouse. He was in 7th Grade.

Letter from James at Luke Field, AZ during advanced training to his parents asking them to authorize his marriage to get a license.

Sun and News Published 2000. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1881. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Notes from Pilot Capt. Charlie McCann on the photo of him flying his P-38 "Lady Beverly"

James (center, running the ball) playing high school football.

Jim Dibble's thoughts on Stan and Ray Schulze's differing accounts on what happened September 9, 1943.

Maple Valley News Published 2006. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 2005. 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 1969. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1917. 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.

Sun and News Published 2011. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his father.

Photograph of head librarian Florence Wilson and Board President Ethel Groos looking at books.

Newspaper clipping showing flying school trainees in review before the base commander. James Dibble is somewhere in the upper picture. He included this to his parents with his letter from September 17, 1942.

Sun and News Published 1984. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from before primary training to his parents.

A framed proclamation initiated by state representative Julie Calley celebrating the Hastings Public Library's 125th anniversary.

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

Barry County Cemetery Burials, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically A-D. 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.

Hastings Banner Published 2021. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Nashville News Published 1936. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1907. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his mother.

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

Account by James Dibble after his plane was badly damaged and lost an engine on a mission in Italy, August 9, 1943. Introduction by Jim Dibble, nephew.

Pilot Capt. Charlie McCann flying his P-38 "Lady Beverly"

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

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 13, 1943.

Maple Valley News Published 1998. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Maxine Dibble

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically A-Ca

Bull Diaries Book 1

Sun and News Published 2004. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

James Dibble's Flight Trainee Exam for the P-38 Aircraft with Allison engines, 1942-12-21. Includes a required drawing from memory of the cockpit layout.

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 1925. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Maple Valley News Published 1990. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1996. 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.