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Hastings Banner Published 1931. 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 1995. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Hastings Banner Published 2017. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Assorted newspaper clippings on James Dibble from training to burial in Italy.

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.

The Dibble family at Barlow Lake. Mother Estella (standing), brother Bob (kneeling), brother Bill (left), James (right), and father James (on the ground).

Letter from James at Luke Field, AZ during advanced training to his mother.

James' Senior Photo from Hastings High School, Hastings, Michigan.

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

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.

Example of a Vultee BT-13 Valiant James Dibble trained on.

Photograph of the initial school library and the main desk.

Maxine Dibble in her Navy Uniform.

Barry County Cemetery Burials, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically M-O. 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 1969. 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 1958. 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.

Nashville News Published 1880. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1930. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1915. 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 1992. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Barry County Cemetery Burials, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically E-G. 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.

Sun and News Published 2005. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter to Maxine Dibble with options for bringing James Dibble back to the U. S. for burial.

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

Bull Diaries Book 12

Lt. Frank Mcintosh's account of August 30, 1943. Written in the 1990's.

Nashville News Published 1965. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

James Dibble in Chicago, IL, daytime.

Handwritten note from Mrs. Richard Groos to the Hastings City Mayor and City Council accompanying a letter received from the Michigan State Librarian.

Maple Valley News Published2011. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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.

Signed Transition Flight Certificate where James Dibble certified he was trained to pilot the P-38, 1943-06-19.

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

Hastings Banner Published 2004. 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 1896. 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 1893. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1871. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Have you noticed yet that there are extra daily editions of The Banner from August 15 through September 13 of 1871? No? Well check them out as it was quite a feat for this small paper to keep up with the regular weekly paper and a daily edition for three weeks.

So why the daily? Hastings became the home of the third high-profile Vanderpool murder trial moved from Manistee, MI, and The Banner kept everyone up to date on the proceedings. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

James Dibble in Chicago, IL at night.

Letter from James and "Micky" in Glendale, CA to his parents.

Hastings Banner Published 1914. 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.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 11, 1943.

Weekly encounter report, 1943-08-22 to 1943-08-23, listing Lt. Dibble as downing an enemy Messerschmitt 109.

James Dibble in his Schultz bakery uniform.

James with his father James and brother Bill at Grandfather Philo Dibble's Farm.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 6, 1943.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.