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Hastings Banner Published 1955. 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 1891. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Hastings Banner Published 1892. 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 Ryan PZ-22 James Dibble trained on. This was the primary training plane.

WWI Ace Eddie Rickenbacker addressing the 1st Fighter Group. James Dibble is somewhere in this crowd. This picture started James' nephew Jim Dibble on his quest to learn more about his uncle and led to the collection you are now browsing.

Hastings Banner Published 2009. 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 1998. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Hastings Banner Published 1958. 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.

James Dibble in uniform.

Bull Diaries Book 15

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

Hastings Herald published 1906. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Sun and News Published 2016. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Th-Zu

Photograph of head librarian Eileen Oehler, 1974-1984.

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

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

James Dibble's Monument in Padula, Italy.

Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his parents.

Postcard from James in Los Angeles, CA to his mother.

Letter from Lt. Col. Archie Jackson (Ret) to Jim Dibble describing a mission where he and James Dibble flew escort to General Dwight Eisenhower.

Hastings Banner Published 1940. 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 1979. 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.

Jim Dibble holding uncle James' posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross at the Dayton Airforce Museum.

Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his brother Bill in Chicago, IL.

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 1920. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1913. 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 1982. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1921. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 13, June 14 and June 15, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1962. 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 in Santa Ana, CA during primary training to his parents.

Nashville News Published 1900. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1919. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Article written by Stan Wojcik and published in the 1st Fighter News recounting the day James Dibble was shot down and Stan's time as a POW.

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.

Newspaper clipping reporting James' gifts to his parents for Mother's and Father's Day.

Hastings Banner Published 1876. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Note the name change to the Hastings Republican Banner.

Also note the change to more frequent printing every 3-4 days. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Hastings Banner Published 1941. 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 Maxine in Los Angeles, CA, to James' parents.

Nashville News Published 1961. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1875. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Note the name change to the Hastings Republican Banner. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Letter from the Consulate General in Naples, Italy to Jim Dibble regarding researching James Dibble's crash site.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 3 , June 4 and June 5, 1943.

Nashville News Published 1904. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1918. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.