Browse Items (179 total)

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  Document detailing the disinternment of James Dibble's remains and subsequent movemement to a new location in Italy.

  Document detailing the disinternment of James Dibble's remains and subsequent movemement to a new location in Italy.
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  Certificate declaring the wreckage found near Padula Italy was James Dibble's plane

  Certificate declaring the wreckage found near Padula Italy was James Dibble's plane
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  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.
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  James Dibble with his 3rd P-38 Lightning

  James Dibble with his 3rd P-38 Lightning. Note the two swastikas on the nose indicating confirmed enemy planes shot down, and his wife's name painted on.
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  James Dibble's Short Snorter Dollar Bill

  James' "Short Snorter" $1 bill signed by, among others, Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI Ace and Carl Spatz, General and Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, 1944.
  
  According to the Air Mobility Command Museum, the Short Snorter was "paper currency signed by people you were flying with or people you met. If someone signed your short snorter and you couldn't produce it upon request, you owed him a dollar or a drink "a short snort." (https://amcmuseum.org/collections/short-snorter/)
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  Letter from Lt. Col. Archie Jackson (Ret) to Jim Dibble talking about his WWII experience and life after

  Letter from Lt. Col. Archie Jackson (Ret) to Jim Dibble talking about his WWII experience and life after.
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  Proposed Citation for the 1st Fighter Group including the 94th Air Squadron

  Proposed Citation for the 1st Fighter Group including the 94th Air Squadron.
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  Order awarding Lt. Dibble the 8th and 9th Oak Leaf Clusters for his Air Medal for downing two Me. 109s

  Order awarding Lt. Dibble the 8th and 9th Oak Leaf Clusters for his Air Medal for downing two Me. 109s.
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  Account by James Dibble after his plane was badly damaged and lost an engine on a mission in Italy, August 9, 1943

  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.
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  A short bio on James written by his nephew Jim.

  A short bio on James written by his nephew Jim. It references an article from Collier's, June 26, 1943, recounting a combat incident attributed to James Dibble. Rights were not received to include the text or an image of the article, but the original can be seen at the Hastings Public Library.
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  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.
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  Recap of a mission where James Dibble participated in a flying escort for General Dwight Eisenhower in Italy

  Recap of a mission where James Dibble participated in a flying escort for General Dwight Eisenhower in Italy.
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  Letter from Lt. Col. Archie Jackson (Ret) to Jim Dibble describing a mission where he and James Dibble flew escort to General Dwight Eisenhower

  Letter from Lt. Col. Archie Jackson (Ret) to Jim Dibble describing a mission where he and James Dibble flew escort to General Dwight Eisenhower.
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  Declassified report of General Eisenhower's visit to Italy in August 1943

  Declassified report of General Eisenhower's visit to Italy in August 1943.
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  Excerpts from The Reminder recapping articles from the Banner and discussing changes to the memorial fountain over the years

  Excerpts from The Reminder recapping articles from the Banner and discussing changes to the memorial fountain over the years.
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  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.
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  The Reminder newspaper article on a ceremony at Hastings High School to honor James Dibble

  The Reminder newspaper article on a ceremony at Hastings High School to honor James Dibble. Included was his widow Maxine, also a Hastings High School graduate.
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  List of Hastings, Michigan veterans who died in World War II

  List of Hastings, Michigan veterans who died in World War II.
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  Newspaper clipping announcing a tribute to war dead at Hastings High School

  Newspaper clipping announcing a tribute to war dead at Hastings High School.
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  Newspaper clipping announcing a tribute to war dead at Hastings High School

  Newspaper clipping announcing a tribute to war dead at Hastings High School.