Items
Below are 50 random items from across all online collections.
Hastings Banner Published 1906
Hastings Banner Published 1906. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Republican (Hastings) Banner Published 1858
Republican (Hastings) Banner Published 1858. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or…
Letter from Maxine in Los Angeles, CA, to James' parents, 1943-01-18
Letter from Maxine in Los Angeles, CA, to James' parents.
Letter from James at Luke Field, AZ during advanced training to his mother, 1942-11-24
Letter from James at Luke Field, AZ during advanced training to his mother.
Hastings Banner Published 1916
Hastings Banner Published 1916. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Hastings Banner Published 2009
Hastings Banner Published 2009. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to…
Missing in Action Report (MACR) for James Dibble
Missing in Action Report (MACR) for James Dibble.
Sun and News Published 2018
Sun and News Published 2018. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Hastings Banner Published 1982
Hastings Banner Published 1982. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Men of the 94th Fighter Squadron at Mateur, Tunisia
Men of the 94th Fighter Squadron at Mateur, Tunisia
Nashville News Published 1922
Nashville News Published 1922. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Jim Dibble's thoughts on Stan and Ray Schulze's differing accounts on what happened September 9, 1943
Jim Dibble's thoughts on Stan and Ray Schulze's differing accounts on what happened September 9, 1943.
Letter from James in Chico, CA during basic training to his parents, 1942-07-22
Letter from James in Chico, CA during basic training to his parents.
Sun and News Published 2008
Sun and News Published 2008. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Weekly encounter report, 1943-07-04 to 1943-07-10
Weekly encounter report, 1943-07-04 to 1943-07-10, listing Lt. Dibble as "probable" for downing an enemy plane.
Letter from the Department of the Army to James' nephew Jim summarizing what they knew of James' death.
Letter from the Department of the Army to James' nephew Jim summarizing what they knew of James' death.
Bill Dibble and classmates outside the Edger one room schoolhouse. He was in 7th Grade.
Bill Dibble (third from right, back row) and classmates outside the Edger one room schoolhouse. He was in 7th Grade.
World War II Memorial Fountain dedication in Hastings, MI
World War II Memorial Fountain dedication from the Hastings Schools.
Bull Diaries Book 2B
Bull Diaries Book 2B
The crash site in Padula, Italy.
The crash site in Padula, Italy.
Nashville News Published 1906
Nashville News Published 1906. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Statement from Walter Pitman about Lt. Cram, shot down on August 30, 1943
Notes from Lt. Frank McIntosh clarifying events of August 30, 1943.
Hastings Banner Published 1964
Hastings Banner Published 1964. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Hastings Banner Published 1969
Hastings Banner Published 1969. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Notes from Lt. Frank McIntosh clarifying events of August 30, 1943
Notes from Lt. Frank McIntosh clarifying events of August 30, 1943.
Hastings Herald Published 1912
Hastings Herald published 1912. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Statement from Stanton Opdahl about Lt. Woodard, shot down on August 30, 1943
Statement from Stanton Opdahl about Lt. Woodard, shot down on August 30, 1943.
Hastings Banner Published 1918
Hastings Banner Published 1918. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Hastings Banner Published 1924
Hastings Banner Published 1924. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Bull Diaries Book 6
Bull Diaries Book 6
Hastings Banner Published 1888
Hastings Banner Published 1888. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
James and classmates at the Kellogsville School in Grand Rapids
James (2nd from left, front row) and classmates at the Kellogsville School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Letter from James at Muroc Air Force base (now Edwards), CA to his parents, 1942-12-21
Letter from James at Muroc Air Force base (now Edwards), CA to his parents.
Hastings Banner Published 1866
Hastings Banner Published 1866. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Speech by Col. John T. Hanton at Lt. James Dibble's monument dedication in Padula, Italy
Speech by Col. John T. Hanton at Lt. James Dibble's monument dedication in Padula, Italy.
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 9, 1943
Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 9, 1943.
Hastings Banner Published 1921
Hastings Banner Published 1921. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Letter from James in North Africa to his parents, 1943-07-29
Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.
Maple Valley News Published 1979
Maple Valley News Published 1979. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Sun and News Published 2023
Sun and News Published 2023. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
People Playing in the Foam
People playing in the foam on the hill at Thornapple Plaza celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Library.
Sun and News Published 1998
Sun and News Published 1998. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Jim Dibble's tentmate Jack Hanton dedication presentation
James Dibble's tentmate Jack Hanton dedication presentation.
Hastings Banner Published 2002
Hastings Banner Published 2002. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Hastings Banner Published 1899
Hastings Banner Published 1899. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Letter from James in Chico, CA during basic training to his mother, 1942-07-28
Letter from James in Chico, CA during basic training to his mother.
Stan Wojcik's German POW ID Card
Stan Wojcik's German POW ID Card. Originally it was thought that Stan died when in fact it was James. Stan survived being shot down and was taken…
Pilots of the 94th Fighter Squadron
Pilots of the 94th Fighter Squadron
Hastings Banner Published 1869
Hastings Banner Published 1869. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…
Hastings Banner Published 2005
Hastings Banner Published 2005. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note…