1 20 782 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/6/190/Dibble_Image0064.jpg dd38d8f51c4ef4c694263954e7ecde05 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: His Early Life Description An account of the resource Born in Hastings, MI, James grew up in the area. He attended one room schoolhouses around Hastings, spent some time in Grand Rapids and ultimately graduated from High School in 1939. This collection is entirely photographs of James' early life with his parents and brother Bill. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Location The location of the interview unknown Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 2.5" x 3.5" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 12 year old James with his dog Nan Subject The topic of the resource James Dibble Description An account of the resource 12 year old James with his dog Nan. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934-06 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 2022-01-18 Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/4/10/HPL_125th_Text0007.pdf f5f19621c1224e79897797e34631afad PDF Text Text S CATALOGUE $ W OF THE * WOMEN’S CLUB* < ...LIBRARY... ,* ��IHHIIIIBHIII 3 1348 00016 7573 1. — --------------- . _ CATALOGUE OF The Women's Club Library HASTINGS, MICH. 1906 �Iftutes and IRcoulatfons X 1. Membership tickets shall be issued at the rate of $1.00 a year. 2. Books shall be drawn and returned on Satur day evening from 7:00 to 8:00 o'clock. 3. No more than one volume shall be drawn by the same person at one time. 4. Books must not be retained more than two weeks, nor the same books be drawn by same person more than twice in succession. 5. Members retaining books longer than two weeks shall pay five cents for each additional week. 6. 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Spanish Cities................................................ History of the United States Sketches from English History.................. Short History of Russia............................... England in the XIX Century American Lands and Letters Men, Women and Manners in Colonial Times, Vol. I « “ *• “ “ Vol. II. Chinese Characteristics 5 .. White Carlyle ... .Baring-Gould Masson . ........................ Hale ............ Lane-Poole Rogers Morfill Hag-Stead .. ..Baring-Gould .................. DeStaci ...................... Griffis ... Fernaid . .Stoddard ......... Hale ... Wheeler . Par in alec McCarthy Mitchell .. Fisher Smith �75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. £1. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. Reminiscences of Civil War Letters from Japan........... ................... The Heart of Japan A Hand Book of Modern Japan Russian Life in Town and Country The Louisiana Purchase The Rise of the Swiss Republic .... Swiss Life in Town and Country.... History of Switzerland American Diplomacy With the Empress Dowager......... History of England ...................... *• “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ History of the French Revolution. .................................. Gordon ............ Fraser ................................ Brownell ................................ Clement Palmer Winshlp & Wallace ........................... McCracken .......................... Story ...........................MacKcnzie ..................... ................ Moore Carl ............................ Macaulay ��TRAVELS Brooks Letters of Travel Davis Three Gringos in Venezuela.. About Paris Smith A White Umbrella in Mexico Grace Seton-Thompson 5. A Woman Tenderfoot Bacon 6. Historic Pilgrimages in New England ................................ Parry 7. Life Among the Germans... .......................... Stoddard 8. Across Russia . 9. 10. Recent Rambles....................................................................................... . Abbott 11. By Oak and Thorn......................................... .......................................... Brown 12. A round the World........................................................................................ ..Slocum 13. Among French Inns.............................. ................................................... ...Gibson 14. Norway. Switzerland, Athens, Venice ‘Stoddard 15. Constantinople, Jerusalem, Egypt 16. Japan, China 17. India—The Passion Play 18. Paris, La Belle France. Spain 19. Berlin, Vienna. St. Petersburg, Moscow 20. The Rhine. Belgium, Holland, Mexico 21. Florence, Naples. Rome . 22. Scotland, England, London 23. Southern California, Grand Canon of the Colorado River, Yel lowstone National Park 24. Ireland, Denmark, Sweden 25. Canada, Malta, Gibraltar 26. South Tyrol, Lake Garda. The Dolomites. 27. Romance and Teutonic Switzerland, Vol. I. McCracken 28. “ " " “ Vol. II Travels With a Donkey. 1. 2. 3. 8 �9 �o BIOGRAPHY 2. 3. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15, 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Lives of Illustrious Men, Vol. I “ “ “ Vol. II “ *• “ Vol. III. ... The Duchess of Angouleme Four French Women Life of Johnson, Vol. I Vol. II *• “ Vol. Ill “ Vol. IV Dolly Madison An Epistle to Posterity ... The Brontes James Russell Lowell.......... Warren Hastings Up from Slavery Life on the Stage Lucinda Hinsdale Stone... Wm. Shakes|>care, Susan B. Anthony. Vol. I. “ “ Vol. II Life of Scott The Making of an American......... Napoleon at Sc. Helena Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson. Plutarch’s Lives. 1<» . . Plutarch Martin Do Boswell Goodwin ................. Sherwood ................. MacKay Hale ............... Macaulay B. T. Washington ................... ... Morris ........................Perry ................. Brandes Harper Lockhart Riis Latimer �11 �CLASS EZ SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Other Worlds Than Ours....................... Electricity for Everybody Food Products of the World.................... Physiology and Hygiene Recreations in Astronomy..................... Walks and Talks in Geological Fields Marvels of the Universe.......................... Secretol Character Building Menticulture Elementary Psychology.......................... Knowledge and Culture Power Through Repose ........ By the Fireside 12 . Proctor A tkinson ....Green Hatfield . Warren . .. Boyd De Mot to Fletcher . Putnam .Matson Call Wagner �CLASS F SOCIOLOGY 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 Children’s Rights Progress and Poverty................ Wealth and Commonwealth. . Women Wage Earners........ .. Social Evolution Women and Economics.............. Child Life in Many Lands.. .. A Man's Value to Society.. Wigg .. .George Lloyd .. Campbell Kidd .... Stetson .. .Turnbcll Hillis 13 �RELIGIOUS 1. The Mind and the Master 2. The Foundation of Belief 3. Whedon on the Will. Literature and D?gma 5. What All the World’s a Seeking 6. In Tune With the Infinite 7. The World’s Parliament of Religions, Vol. I. 8. “ Vol. II. 9. The World’s Congress of Religion. 10. The Christian Religion 11. The Plan of Salvation 12. Science and Health 13. The Coming King . ................ 14 .. Watson . .. . Balford . .Arnold . Trine Fischer Walker ..Eddy White �CL ASS H LITERATURE Books and Bookmen .... Choice of Books................................................................. Means and Ends of Education Landmarks of Venice ........................................ 5. English Literature 6. French Literature .......................................................... .............................. 7. German Literature .......................................... 8. Italian Literature Scandinavian Literature 9. ....................................... 10. A Talk About Books 11. Relation of Literature to Life 12. Home School of American Literature. 13. Library of Universal Literature, Vol. I “ ’ “ • Vol, II 14. “ “ “ Vol. Ill 15. “ “ Vol. IV 16. “ • “ Vol. V 17. “ “ “ Vol. VI 18. •• •• " Vol. VII 19. “ “ Vol. VIII. . 20. “ •• •• Vol. IX 21. Vol. X. .. 22. “ Vol. XI 23. Vol. XII 24. » •• “ Vol. XIII 25. “ “ “ Vol. XIV 26. ‘ Vol. XV 27. “ “ “ Vol. XVI 28. •* •• Vol. XVII. . 29. Vol. XVIII... 30. ». •• •• Vol. XIX... .31. Vol. XX. . .32. .. “ Vol. XXI .... £33. .. “ •• Vol. XXII 234. 2. 3. 15 ................. Lang .... Richardson S 'aiding ............ Hu lion ................Taine . ...Saintsbury . ............ Hosmer ............ Garnett ............ Boyesen .............. Larned ............ Warner Rid path �35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. •12. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. Library of Universal Literature. Vol. XXIII.. “ “ “ Vol. XXIV. " “ “ Vol. XXV. Great Books as Life Teachers Readings from Washington Irving. Sketch of American Literature Sketch of English Literature Classic French in English Classic German in English Greek Classics, Vol. I “ “ Vol. II French Classics ................... German Classics Latin Classics, Vol. I “ “ Vol. II 16 . Rid path .Hillis Beers Wilkinson �17 �I SKETCHES AND ESSAYS 6. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. lb. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. .... Matthews Americanisms and Britticisms Marvel Reveries of a Bachelor Emerson Essays—First Series. Davis Our English Cousins ................................... The World Beautiful ................ ....... Whiting H. H. Bits of Talk About Home Matters .. Hubbard Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great. “ “ “ “ Famous Women ■ .. . .Jameson Loves of the Poets . Uamerton French and English . ... Replicr Books and Men ..... . Macaulay Essays and Poems . With My Neighbors ............. Points of View........................................................... The Peopl • for Whom Shakespere Wrote. Crown of Wild Olives ..................... Sesame and Lilies Winsome Womanhood . .. Sketches in Prose Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Authors at Home How Paris A muses Itself A Little Swiss Sojourn Castilian Days ............... Editorial Wild Oats. Men and Things Essays on Nature and Culture 18 . Sangster .... Replicr ... Warner .... Ruskin ............. Sangster ................. Riley Holmes Gilder ............ Smith ............... Howells Hay • Mark Twain Mabie �J9 �J ART X 2. 3. 5. 6. 8. 9. Treatise on Painting* Mornings in Florence Seven Lamps ol z\rchitecture Stones of Venice, Vol. L... “ “ Vol. II “ Vol. Ill Sketches of Art............................................................... Child Life in Art. .Churches and Castles of Mediaeval France... 20 DaVinci .... Ruskin . Jameson Burll .... La» ned �CL ASS K POETRY X 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Poems Poems Here at Home...................... Farm Rhymes Yesterday, To-Day and Forever. Poems Verse .. Lucile Sonnets and Songs The Song of Hiawatha Lucile. Lucile. 21 Holland ...Riley .... Bickersteth ............. Schiller Ambrosius Inge low Tennyson ................. King .......... Meredith . Hay-Whitney ..Tennyson �CLASS L. DRAMA A 1. Don Carlos Mary Stuart Maid of Orleans f Vol. I Bride of Messina I 2. Wallenstein Vol. II William Tell 3 Faust The Queens. 5. The Duchess de la Valliere ] The Lady of Lyons Richelieu No So Bad As We Seem , Money The Ri| lightful Heir Walpole »le Darnlej -y Schiller Schiller . .. Goethe . A Idem ah Bulwer 22 �O l_ ASS M* MYTHOLOGY 2. 3. 5. Murray Mythology Stories of the Wagner Oj>era Legends of the Rhine Le Morte D’Arthur Norse Stories............................... Stcachc ... Mabie 23 �CLASS N MAGAZINES X Century Magazine 1882. “ “ “ “ “ 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ »• “ “ “ “ “ “ “ *• “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ ■* 26. 27. •* “ “ 28. “ •* 29. “ “ 30. “ “ 31. “ “ 32. *• “ 33. 34. Harper’s 1898. 1883. 1883. 1884. 1884. 1885. 1885. 1886. 18S6. 1887. 1887. 1888. 1888. 1889. 1889. 1890. 1890. 1891. 1891. 1892. 1892. 1893. 1898. 1899. 1899. 1900. 1000. 1901. 1901. 1902. 1902. 1903. 1903. 24 �35. Harper’s 1899. 36. “ 1899. 37. “ 1900. 38. “ 1900. 39. “ 1001. 40. “ 1902 41. “ 19ul. 42 “ 1902. 43. *• 1903. 44. “ 1903. 45. Review of Reviews, 1895. “ “ 1895. 46. “ “ 1896. 47. “ 1896. 48. “ “ 1897. 49. “ “ 1897. 50. “ “ 1898. „ 51. “ “ 1899. 52. “ 1899. 53. “ *• 1900. 54. “ “ 1900. 55. “ “ 1901. 56. “ “ 1901. 57. “ “ 1902. 58. “ “ 1902. 59. “ “ 1903. 60. “ “ 1903. 61. 62. St. Nicholas, 1882. 63. “ 1883. 64. “ “ 1884. 65. “ “ 1885. 66. 1888. 67. “ “ 1889. 68. “ “ 1890. 69. “ “ 1891. 70. •* “ 1892. 71. “ “ 1895. 72. “ “ 1896. 73. “ “ 1897. 25 �74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. St. Nicholas, 1898. “ “ 1899. “ “ 1899. Scribner’s 1880. “ 1880. “ 1881. “ 1881. The Outlook, 1903. “ “ 1903. “ “ 1903. The Awake, 1888. “ “ 1889. McClure’s 1898. “ 1898. The Chautauquan, 1899. The Quaker. 1899. 26 �27 �C LASS O NATURE STUDY .... Chapman Seton-Thompson Bird Life Wild Animals I Have Known .... Lives of the Hunted In the Days of Audobon .. . . A Sonjr of Life .......... A Primer of Forestry, Vol. I.......... “ “ Vol. II .... 8. Our National Parks 2 3 4 5 6 . Butterworth ............ Morley . . . Pinchot Muir 28 �CLASS P FICTION 1. 2. Oliver Twist David Copperfield Vol. 1 Our Mutual Friend Great Expectations Little Dorrit ■ Vol. II Martin Chuzzlewit Nicholas Nickleby Christmas Books Vol. Ill . Dombey and Son Tale of Two Cities Old Curiosity Shop Sketches of Boz > Vol. IV Hard Times Message from the Sea The Pickwick Papers Pictures from Italy ;■ Vol. v .. American Notes Bleak House rav Uncommercial Traveller I Vol. Child’s History of .( England Ei The Mystery of Edwin Drood Nicholas Nickleby Adam Bede Middlemarch Daniel Deronda ............ Miil on the Floss ............ Felix Holt Romola Pembroke........................................... The Luck of Roaring Camp .. A Social Highwayman The Prince of India. Vol I... . *• “ “ Vol. II... Ben Hur . ... The Man Without a Country The Master, The Princess Aline..................... The X Jewel I I Dickens Dickens f 3. 4. Dickens Dickens J 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. .. Dickens J 29 VI . . Dickens Dickens ... Eliot . . Wilkins ......... Harte Train ....Wallace .Zangwill . . Davis Moncreiff �;; 24. A Social Departure 25. His Honor and a Lady 26. The Golden House 27. The Day of Their Wedding.. 28. Ramona 29. Far from the Madding Crowd. 3o. A Singer from the Sea. .......... 31. Lorna Doone 32. A Gentleman of France 33. Under a Red Robe 34. Vignettes of Manhattan .. . 35. A dam Johnstone's Son..... 36. A Lady of Quality 37. Marcella, Vol. I 38. “ Vol. Il....................... • 39. Sir George Tressedy, Vol. I 40. * “ *• Vol. II.... 41. Bessie Custrell 42. The Prisoner of Zenda 43. In the Stranger People's Country 44. In the Fire of the Forge, Vol. I 45. Vol. II 46. Tom Grogan 47. The Story of the Other Wise Man . 48. A Book of Profitable Tales 49. Frederic the Great and his Court. 50. The Red Badge of Courage 51. The House Boat on the Styx 52. Amos Judd 53. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 54. The Refugees 55. The Days of Auld Lang Syne 56. Kate Carnegie 57. Mrs. Herndon’s Income........................... 58. Outre Mer 59. The Damnation of Theron Ware 60. The Under Side of Things..................... 61. A Singular Life 62 The Mighty A tom. ................................. 30 Duncan Warner Howells ... J ack<on Hardy .......... Barr .. Blackmore . Weyman . Matthews .. Crawford .. Burnett Ward . . Hope Craddock . .. Eben»> Smith Van Dyke Field . Mulbach ------- Crane Bangs Mitchell Doyle Wats<>n .... Campbell ... Longfellow .... Frederick ......... Bell ... . helps .......... Corelli �63. Briseis 64. Carlotta’s Intended 65. Les Miserables 66. Sentimental Tommy 67. A Cathedral Courtship 68. The Romance Gf Dollard. 69. Anne 70. The Sinner’s Comedy Quentin Durward 2 Guy Manncring 3. An Errant Wooing................ 4. Daughters <4 the Revolution .... 5. Adventures of Captain Horn 6. Dr. Warrick’s Daughters The Country Doctor 78. The Last Days of Pompeii. . 79. Quo Vadis 80. Barbara Blomberg. Vol. I 81. “ “ Vol. II 82. Hugh Wynne, Vol. I 83. *• “ Vol. II 84. In Simpkinsville ... 85. Soldiers of Fortune........................... 86. Salted with Fire 87. The Pursuit of the House Boat . 88. Stuart and Bambo ............ 89. Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac .. 90. The Mutable Many......................... 91. Edelweiss 92. The Christian 93. -Equality .. ... 94. The Mast r Beggars 95. On the Face of the Waters 96. Evolution of Dodd 97. Evolution of Dodd’s Sister 98. The Choir Invisible . 99. Jerome 100. Jasper Fairfax. 31 ................ Black ................ Stuart ................ Hugo ................. Barrie ...............Wiggin . .. Catherwood Woolson ............. Hobbs Scott .... Harrison i ‘offin .. ..Stockton ........... Davis Balzac . . . Bulwer Sienkiewicz .... .. Ehers . Mitchell ...........Stua Da’ Macdona' ........... Ban ........... Greet .............. Field Barr ... A uerbach Caine . . Bellamy ....... Cornford ............ Steele ... Smith .... Eastm tn ........... Alien ......... Wilkins ......... Holmes �I Red Gauntlet [• Vol. I The Pirate Ivanhoe !■ vol. ii . . .. The Talisman 103. Fair Maid of Perth I Vol. III... The Antiquary f 104. Peveril of the Peak i v . IV The Betrothal f Vok 1 105. Bride of Lam mermoor t Vol V Chronicle of Cannongatc ) 106. Guy Mannering lv . VI Anne of Geierstein f 107. Black Dwarf I v . VIT Quentin Durward f 108. Kenilworth J Vol. VIII. St. Ronan’s Well 109. Waverly [• Vol. IX. Woodstock 101. ... Scott 102. .Scott Scott .. .Scott .... Scott Scott Scott Scott ... Scott 110. Fortunes of Nigel Count Robert of Paris Vol. X 111. Rob Roy Heart of Midlothian voi. xi 112. W a verly i Guy Mannering f• Vol. I.. Scott 113. Antiquary Old Mortality Scott 114. Black Dwarf i Ivanhoe Vol. III. Heart of Midlothian | Scott Rob Roj 3y A Leger •nd of Montrose The Bri<ide of Lammerraoor The Monastery Scott 115. 116. 117 The Abbott Kenilworth The Pirate . ScoLt [•Vol. II !■ Vol. IV J Scott -Vol. V. I The Fortunes <' of Nigel i Quentin Durward -Vol. VI. St. Ronan’s Well Scott Fair Maid of Perth Anne of Geierstein Cl I ■ r~ . r. .. .1 . ' The Surgeon ’s Daughter Castle Dangerous Scott f 118. . Scott • Vol. VII J 32 �119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. Peveril of the Peak / Red Gauntlet Vol. VIII The Betrothal ) Scott The Talisman The Two Drovers > Vol. IX, My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror Death of the Laird’s Jock Woodstock » Count Robert of Paris f VoE A When Knighthood was in Fl wer.................. Richard Carvel In His Steps .......... Loveliness The Sowers............................................................. No. 5 John Street................................................. David Harum .......... The Circle of a Century The Seats of the Mighty ................................. Mary Paget Strong Hearts ......... Janice Meredith ................................................. The Hon. Peter Sterling Via Crucis To Have and To Hold With Sword and Crucifix Knights of the Cross, Vol. I “ “ “ Vol. II Red Pottage . Stringtown on the Pike ........ The Lane That Had No Turning A lice of Old Vincennes The Son of the Wolf ....................... The Master Christian Eleanor ........ The Isle of Unrest Eben Holden The Battle of the Strong In the Palace of the King The Cardinal’s Snuff Box The Maid of Maiden Lane........................ Scott Scott ... Caskoden .... Churchill .... Shelden Phelps . Merriman .... Whiling.' .... Westcott . .Harrison ... . Parker ......... Smit’ ......... Cab Fo . .. Crawfoi Johnstoi. ... VanZile Curtin ... . Cholmondcley ...................... Lloyd Parker ............ Thompson ....................London Corelli .................... Ward .............. Merriman ...............Bacheller .................... Parker ............. Crawford .................. Harland Barr 33 J, �153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190. 191. Resurrection ................................. Mackinac and Lake Stories A Gentleman Player The Hosts of the Lord The Mantle of Elijah................................. The Sky Pilot The Burgomaster's Wife The Gentleman from Indiana To the Third Generation. The Crisis...................................................... The Right of Way Tarry Thou Till I Come Dri and I...................................................... The Westerners When the Gates Lift Up Their Heads. The Ruling Passion................................... The Man from Glengarry Lazarre The Portion of Labor The Cavalier The Leopard’s Spots The Conqueror. Dorothy Vernon The Blazed Trail The Battle Ground The Sign of the Prophet Under My Own Roof Audrey The Octopus The Pit The Loom of Life Margaret Bowlby .................... The People of the Whirlpool. Lady Rose’s Daughter Beautiful Joe's Paradise The Maid of Sker Red Keggers The Four Feathers The Castle Twilight 34 . . .Tolstoy Gatherwood ........Stevens Steele ... .Zangwill .... Connur ........... Ebers Tarkington ----- Johnson . . .Churchill ....... Parker .. Bacheller .......... White .... Erskine . . VanDyke Connor Catherwood Wilkins ........... Cable Dixon .. .Atherton Major White . . ..Naylor ....... Rouse ....Johnston Norris .... Goss .. . Ward ... .Saunders . . Blackmore Thwing ........... M ason ............. 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The Memoirs of a Baby A Lily of France A Daughter of the Snows The Biography of a Prairie Girl.... The Last Days of Pompeii Harold The Caxtons The Parisians What Will He Do With II Night and Morning Godolphin Eugene A rain Leila Pelham Paul Clifford Zanoni Falkland ......... Allen Bell ... Glasgow Page Goldsmith Pyle .. Hardy ..........Bell ........... Fox Isham ............ Smith .. . .Wright . ...Whiting . ...Phillpo’ Mark Twa ....... Glasg . ..Churct .... Johnst .. Mighcls Reed . .. Duskam .Mason London Gates I > > ’ f B Bulw 1 .... Buhver J 1 I Buhver 35 �I Keneln Chillingly Devereux 'rhe Disowned The Coming Race 224. Earnest Maltravers Alice Pausanias Lucretia 225. A Strange Story The Last of the Barons Rienzi 226. My Novel 223. The Pilgrims of the Rhine 217. 228. 229. 230. 231. 232. 233. 234. 235. 236. 237. 238. 239. 240. 241. 242. 243. 244. 245. 246. 247. 248. 249. 250. 251. 252. 253. I Bulwcr ■ Bulwcr I Bulwer i .. Bulwcr r' f ■ . .. Wister The Virginian The Wooing of Wisteria. Strong Mac The House of Fulfilment . The Seiners. The Singular Miss Smith .. Whosoever Shall Offen I ... . The Prodigal Son Turk The Masquerader God’s Good Man The Green Diamond Vergilius. The Motor Pirate The Clausman A Little Union Scout.. Colonel Carter’s Christmas .. The President........... ... . The Quest of John Chapman The Boss The Prospector ......... The Yoke Tillie, a Mennonite Maid. .. A Common Lot Beverly of Graustark.... ... Graustark . Old Gorgon Graham Croctett Marlin . . Connolly ....... Kingsley Crawford Caine Read Thurston ............. Corelli . Morrison Bacheller ... Paternoster Dixon Harris ................. Smith ....... .... Lewis Lewis .......... Connor ...................Miller ................. Martin ................Herrick .... McCutcheon Lorimer 3b t �254. 255. 256. 257. 258 259. 260. 261. 262. 2o3. 264. 265. 266. 267. 268. 267. 270. 271. 272. 273. 274. 275. 276. 277. 278. 27?. 230. 281. 282. 283. 284. 285. 286. 287. 288. 289. 290. 291. 292. Letters front a Self-Made Merchant .... Letters from a Son......................................... A Ladder of Swords The Lightning Conductor Rose of the World ......................................... Constance Treseat........................................ The Second M:s. Jim Mrs. Jim and Mrs Jimmie Al Close Range Sandy . The Law of the Land............... ..................... Mrs. Bollard’s Inspiration The Marriage of Wm. Ashe...................... The Second Wooing of Salina Sue £kcla Sand with............................................. Al the Sign of the Fox. The Givers The Common Way . A Tramp Abroad......................................... Little Stories ol Courtship The Appointed Way. The Little Minister The Ballingtons The Wood Fire in No. 3 The Resurrection of Miss Cynthia Plain Mary Smith The Courtship of a Careful Man Si. Cuthberts When Copper Was King The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary Concerning Belinda The Beautiful Lady ......................... The Conquest of Canaan The Princess Priscilla’s Fortnight. The Travelling Thirds The Divine Fire Rose o’the River Penelope’s Progress “ Irish Experiences 37 .. . Lori rner .. Merriman . .. Parker Williamson Castle .... Mitchell .......Conrad .......... Smli Began R .. .. Hou .... How< Wa ......... Slua. . .Valentine ............ Freemas ............ Deland ... Mark Twuin ..............Cutt’ng '•Hope Daring” Barrie ................Squire ................. Smith Kingsley .............. Phillips Martin Knowles ...........Wright Warner .......... Brainerd .. Tarkington Atherton . ..Sinclair .. .Wiggin �293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 2)8. 297. 300. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307. '08. >9. 0. 1. .2. ,13. 314. 315. 316. 317. 318. 319. 320. 321. 322. 323. 324. 325. 326. 327. 328. 329. 330. 331. Kelly Wharton Donnell Little Citizens The House of Mirth .. . Rebecca Mary The Long Day. Circumstances Adventures of Francois Autobiography of a Quack. The Benefactress. Sabina The Coming of Billy Bleak House American Notes David Copperfield Great Expectations Christmas Books Barnaby Rudge Pickwick Papeis Dombey and Son Old Curiosity Shop Little Dorrit Oliver Twist. ............................ Martin Chuzzlewit Oliver Twist David Copperfield Gold Elsie Aspiration Baron Munchausen. Quo Vadis Teu Nights in a Bar Room.... Emily Chester. Opportunity. The Prairie. The Last of the Mohicans .. . The Pioneer The Spy The Red Rover The Deer-Slayer ........... Pathfinder Thu Pilot . Mitchell . Martin . Westruf Dickens .... MarleLt . Manners Sienkiewicz .... Arthur Cooper 38 �332. 333. 334. 335. 336. 337. 338. 339. 340. 341. 342. 343. 344. 345. 346. 347. 348. 349. 350. 351. 352. 353. 354. 355. 356. 357. 358. 359. 360. 361. 362. 363. 364. 365. 366. 367. 368. 369. 370. A Modern Circe Marvel April's Lady A Born Coquette A Life’s Remorse A Little Rebel Romance of Two Worlds.. Ardeth A Daughter of Heth........... Donald Ross of Heimer. -.. Consuelo............................... Fanchon the Cricket... . The Sign of the Four A Study in Scarlet The Shadow of a Sin. .... Dora Thorne ............... A Golden Harp The Belle of Lynn Repented at Leisure T.he Earl’s Atonement Her Martyrdom Wife in Name Only A Fiery Ordeal Ivanhoe Guy Mannering. Kenilworth ................. Countess Decharny Man in the Iron Mask Dream Life Reveries of a Bachelor .... The Witch’s Head She Pilgrim’s Progress............. Willie Reilly........................... Swiss Family Robi nson... A Rogue’s Life The Dead Secret Vanity Fair ............... Christy Johnston Corelli Black- Sand .... Doyle Braeme Scott Dumas Marvel Haggard ..Bunyan . Carleton Kingston ...Collins Thackeray ......... Reade 39 �371. 372. 373. 374. 375. 376. 377. 378. 379. 380. 381. 382. 383. 334. 335. 386. 387. k>9. X). 91. .92. 393. 394. 395. 396. 3)7. 398. 399. 400. 401. 402. 403. 404. 405. 406. 497. 408. 409. 410. Peg Woffington Thaddeus of Warsaw The Scottish Chiefs Barbara Heathcote’s Trial Lover or Friend The House of the Wolf The King’s Stratagem A Hardy Norseman Knight Errant Under Two Flags . Robinson Crusoe A Change of Air ... The Prince of the House of David Uncle Tom’s Cabin The Deemster The Shadow of a Crime The Bondman The Greatest Thing in the A'orld Handy Andy Last Days of Pompeii In the Heart of the Storm Lady A udley’s Secret Gulliver’s Travels. I Have Lived and Loved Kit and Kitty John Halifax, Gentleman Twenty Thousand Leagues Swiss Family Robins. *n Black Beauty Fairy Tales.................................................... A Woman's Face Master Rockafellar's Voyage Jane Eyre The Scarlet Letter The Wide. Wide World................................ Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Lovey Mary The Diary of a Goose Girl. In the Morning Glow 40 . . Reade . . Porter .... Carey . Weyman ....Lyall .. Ouida DeFoe Hope Ingraham Stowe Caine .. ... Drummond Lover Bulwer Grey Braddon ....Forrester . Blackmore ......... Mu lock Verne .. Kingston . Sewell .... Grimm Warden ........ Russell ............Bronte .. Hawthorne .... Wetherell Began ... Wiggin . ...Gilson �Barr .... Crawford Collins ................. Roe ... Holland ....Harland ............Reade 411. Remember the Alamo 412. Don Orsino 413. The Law and the Lady 414. From Jest to Earnest.. 415. Seven Oaks........................ 416. From My Youth Up.... 417. Christie Johnstone. 41 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hastings Public Library's 125th Anniversary Subject The topic of the resource Public History--Michigan--Barry County Description An account of the resource Did you know the Hastings Public Library has been around in one form or another since 1896? It started out as the Women's Club Reading Room and over time, grew into the vital and vibrant public institution we all know and love. Look through this collection to learn about where it all started, see the how the efforts of so many helped the library grow, and have some fun seeing photos of the past. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image and text Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1896 - 2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Pamphlet Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 4.375" x 5.5" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1906 Catalog of the Women's Club Library Subject The topic of the resource Library catalogs--United States Description An account of the resource Small pamphlet printed in 1906 listing all holdings of the Women's Club of Hastings, MI. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Book catalogs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Women's Club of Hastings, MI Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905-03-20 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Women's Club of Hastings Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available unknown Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/9/1981 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Michigan Reference 017.2 Women's 1906 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/12/299/Dibble_Text0225.pdf 6b0d43c2789b05448ca4d4f1434c1042 PDF Text Text 1ST-FIGHTER GROUP JOURNAL no. (ditto and hour) 1600 hrs 29/8/43 UNIT: (data and hour) 17QQ hrs 30/8/43 PLACE: Matcur. I,7. Africa T^<CZZT Serial No Timo Dated 1st Fighter Group Incidents, Messages, Orders, etc. ("day and |Disposidate) ■ tion Ely the signal 29/8/43 Cont'd. A . green flare was apparent? for attack, as no passes were made until a green flare bursts 5 minutes a'j iftcr target time. (2) Lie 109's damaged. ENEMY LOSSES: Two “ (1) Lt. MILLIARD II. GRAILq. Gilt LOSSES: One < SORTIES: 40 WEATHER: 7/10ths cumulus overcast at 8,000 ft., CAVU above. Target area was covered with scattered cumulus iclouds from 7,000 to 11,000 ft. but otherwise CAVU. ;Scattered showers were encountered between Italy and i Sicily on return. NOTE: Lt. PHILLIPS reported missing on mission Mo. '809, ” ’ ’ at ' 28 august, 1943, has returned to basej. Hei landed Termini, Sicily with a blown out engine, Ife returned to base in another P-38. 30/8/43 48 P-38's from the 27th, 71st and 94th Squadrons , up base at 0950 hrs. to escort B-26's of 3--9th .?tl; Bomb Eoml. Gp. to Aversa h’/l, Italy. 4 P-38's returned e; rly, 2 due to r radio trouble and 2 due to engine trouble. 3q. leaders: Lfs. HURST, WILLEY and DIBBLE. Time over llargc ;et area 1200 hrs. altitude of fighters 11,500 ft. and1 bombers 11,000 ft. 60 to 75 e/a (Lie 109's, Fi7 190 s, Ma 202's, possibly a couple of enemy operated Spitfires and 1 enemy it) attackoperated P-38 identified with black crosses on i/ ed formations just as they crossed the coast over Lago di Fatria at 11,5000ft. The bombers continuer on to target while P-38's engaged e/a. Results of bombing vwas not ob- . served. 12 Lie 109's made the first attack out; of the sun from above as P-33's crossed the coast.- This was follow- • ed byr iincreasing numbers of Me 109's, F.JI I'J/O’s and Ma 3,0(|)0 fjr. and in . 3, which forced the P-38';'s down to 6, 202's, ;ta the battle ming dog fight over the IGulf of Gaet a runni iought low over the water, The P-38 formation was vias foi numbers of enemy repeated attacks5 by superior good until i flight at a time. Several, fight;ers, < which, isolated a fligl P-38'i's reported flying 300 mph. on the decli and being -rying belly tanks. The easily overtaken by Lie 109's can inated, one(group attackenemy attacks were highly coordir ing while another was reforming., The initial attack was >.0ove and be(made from a half circle formation 1500 ft.labc flak | hind P-38's. b? -38's. Aerial dive bombing occurred: black ... Rocket l like bursts irstr were ■ seen generally above P-38;s. white bursts are also believed I projectiles exploding in v.l.." I to have been used. The eng: igagement lasted from 1155 hrs. >nd wave of Me 109's carrying ' until 1235 hrs. and a secor.v 1 lies from Italy, belly tanks pursued the formation 100 mi] Six (6) P-38's were observed to go into the sea. One collided with a F,J 190 head-on and exploded in air. Cev ian, opened and oral parachutes, both American and Germar -(8) c/a. weiire dedinghies were seen in the water. Eight-' stroyed, three (3) probably destroyed and five (5)I damaged' a. �1ST FIGHTER GROUP JOURNAL • ....... (date and hour) 1700 hrs 30/8/43 UNIT: jku. 1st, Fighter Group (data and hour) 1800 hrs 3/9/43____ PLACE: Mateur, I;, Africa I Serial No Timo Dated Incidents, Messages, Orders, etc. (day and jDisposi_______________________________ date) ; ticn ' ! ; ! i i 30/8/43 Cont'd. Thirteen (13) P-38's are .-pissing. A few bursts of light inaccurate flak was observed from the ■go di Patria. No enemy ground, coastal area North of Lago naval or shipping activity Lty observed. 28 Pj-38's down One of 38's arc down in Sicily. £ , base by 1713 hrs. 3 P-38's co fbase by a returnc I to the three pilots landing; in Sicily returne transport. He suffered minor shrapnel won ds in the left shoulder. CHRONOLOGY: Time off 0950 hrs. Time over target 1200 hrs. Time down 1713 hrs. ROUTE: Base to C. Sidi Alm el Mekki, rend jzvous point with B~j36's thence to Lago di Patria to Av ;rsa, returning via Sicily where several of our planes refueled, thence to base. ENEMY LOSSES: Six (6) Me 109's, one (1) F >' 190 and one (1) Ma 202 destroyed. Three (3) Ke 109' s erobably de] stroyed. Three (3) Me 109's and two (2) M 1 202's damaged, OUR LOSSES: Thirteen (13) P-38's are miss ing: 1st Lt. m. RANDOL, itaiwuL, 22nd Lt. JEROME N. uEII! 3ERG, 2nd Lt. CLIFFORD E. DONALD B. DEISENROTil ,-2nd Lti’WALHARRY D. wARMKER, _____, F/0 , —” 2nd '’-d Lt. CLARENCE E. SOUTH iRD, 2nd Lt . ’ TER G. MORRISON, TUitttiBiXKJi, 1st Lt. JOHN S. WILLE C, 2nd Lt. RALPH F. TURRENTIKE, DAVID 0. PARLETT, 2nd Lt. HOHN T. CRAM, 2n i Lt. RALPH E. 2nd Lt. CHARLES A. WOODARD and 2nd L ;. HAROLD D. PECK, 2n. RIGNEY. WEATHER: CAVU enroute and over target are 11, with cumulus clouds building up over Sicily at 9,000 ft, 1st PRESS- DATA : Lt. FRANK J. MC INTOSH, It 1L15 Irving St., F/ 190. 1st Lt. :o, Calif., destroyed one (1) F; San Francisco 3T, 921 JOHN D. HURST, y-. B. East Garfield Ave., pplendale, Calif. destroyed two(2)) Me ; 109's. 2nd Lt. LARRY |l . REYNOLDS, red one (1) 322 7/. Culver St.,, Phoenix, Arizona, destrbye I. HUSDY. 712 Allen jives., Rapid City Lie 109. 1st Lt. JOHN . ikota, destroyed one (1) He 109. 2pd ILt. STANLEY South Dakota. E. STUDER, ' ’ 3R, Monona, Iowa, destroyed two (2); Mes 109!s. li . , destroyed 2nd Lt. ROBERT A. VRILAKAS, Proberta, Cali-f.. j'ptroyed one (1) one (1) Ma 202. F/C STUKKARD, probably det ’oyed one (1) Lie Ke 109. 2nd Lt. BERREHS, probably destre onb (1) Me 109 .st Lt. OPDAIIL, probably destroyed < 109. Isi (1) Ma 202. Lt. VRILAKAS damaged one (1) and damaged one 1 Na 202. Lt.. SOKOL damaged one (1) Me 109< )9.i Lt. SCHAPER one (1) damaged one (1) Me 109 and Lt. ANDERSON daJnaged d Me 109. 31/8/43 1/9/43 No missions this date. Ho missions this date. .1 2/9/43 Ko missions this date. Note; 2nd Lt. CLARENCE E. SOUTHARD, reported as- missing on 30 August, mission No. 811, returned to base 2306 hrs. 1 September, 1943. He landed at Trapani, Sicily with a damaged aircraft. 3/9/43 Ho missions this date. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943 Description An account of the resource From Jim Dibble's account titled "The Day of Armegeddon" included in this collection: "Following the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, the missions flown out of North Africa by the 1st Fighter Group pilots in their P-38 Lightnings had a common objective of preparing for the invasion at Salerno, Italy by the United States Fifth Army." A mission on August 25th was highly successful, with a loss of only 8 P-38's. The 1st Fighter Group earned a Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for their efforts, but the August 30 mission, for which they would earn a second citation, was not so easy. See mission reports, photos, first hand accounts and more information about this infamous air battle known as The Day of Armageddon. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul><li> <ul><li><a href="http://omeka/collections/show/15"></a></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1st Fighter Group Journal including August 30, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource World War II. August 30, 1943. Description An account of the resource 1st Fighter Group Journal for August 30, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/1/1943 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/12/300/Dibble_Text0224.pdf b32657eeb0147e467af3c33d39512fda PDF Text Text 3 SEP 1943 ^3354 TO: i^NAAF (Adv), Attention: 23rd SCORU. Copy to Hq NASAF, Attention: 1st Command Unit, 23rd SCOrtU. Copy to 42nd Wing, Attention: Statistical Section. • / FROM: Ref; 1st Fighter Group. ORffiP No. 61 for 24 hrs ending 30 August,,1943. Operations Nn. 141 45 P-38G's and 3 P-38F’s up i base at 0950 hrs. to escort B-26's to Aversa, down Italy. 28 P-38'sj down.by 1713 hrs; 3 d — in J~ Sicily. Flak:. A few burstof light inaccurate flak from coastal 1area N of Lago di Patria. Weather: hrs fighters 11,500 ft and bombers CAVU. Results: Time over target 1200 he at 11,000 ft. Bombing not observed. bO ,0 to 75 A/a (ME 109's, FW 190's, MA 202's, possibly a couple of enemy <operator spitfires and 1 enemy crosses on it) attacked formation operated P-38, identified with black ci just as they crossed the coast over Lago di.Paria at 11,500 ft. The bombers continued' on to target while P-38's engaged e/a.^The e/a foreed the P-38’s down to 6,000 ft and in a running dog fight/but over the Gulf of Gaeta, the battle was fought low over the water. /Aerial dive bombing and rocket projectiles were other means used against P-38's. 'B. C. D. E. F. G. H. 's; 4 early returns, 2 radio, /3 P-38F’s 45 P-38G'?' le trouble. * / & 2 engine / CD> (1) ■ 90 (2) 82• . C2) 6 14:35 hrs. 148:50 Hrs / (1)' 4,000 x (1) 60,800 x .50, 185 X . 2930 x .20(me (2) 6,190 x .30V (2) 40 x .50 30 x .20 446 x .20 mm (3) (3)) ,15,600 x .50 / 780 x .20 mm Nil' (1)' Nil ,z(2) 13 P-38G's (3) 3I38G'sling 1st Lt C, E.Rahdol - Pilot/- Missii >sing 1st Lt I. S. Willey - Pilot - Miss. 2nd Lt- J. N. Weinberg - &lot - Eilat Missing ling 2nd Lt H. D. Warmker - Pilot - Missing ssing 2nd Lt W. G. Morrison - Pilot - Missing rsing' 2nd Lt C. E. Southard -------Pilot -.— Missing - Pilot - Missing 2nd Lt R. F. Turrentine -------Missing 2nd Lt D. 0. Parleit - Pilot Cram - Pilot - Missing 2nd Lt J. Peck— Pilot - Missing 2nd Lt R. T“,~t - Missing 2nd Lt C. A. Woodard - Pilot ley - Pilot - Missing 2nd Lt H. D. Rigney -oth - Pilot - Missing F/0 D. E. Beisenrc I: (OV E B) �X RHCE/VED \\ J,. (1)' 6'ME 109*3 . . ■■ . - 1-Fff 190. ' . 1.MA 202.. (2). 3'ME 109*3 (.3). 3.ME 1091s - 2.MA 202Js V. ■ Nil; ■ - I Cf x W. 21 P-38G's? 4 P-3CT’s X. 23:50 Bps.- 5:05 Its. Y & Z - -Nil o\ x 3 SEP 19435 \ v � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943 Description An account of the resource From Jim Dibble's account titled "The Day of Armegeddon" included in this collection: "Following the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, the missions flown out of North Africa by the 1st Fighter Group pilots in their P-38 Lightnings had a common objective of preparing for the invasion at Salerno, Italy by the United States Fifth Army." A mission on August 25th was highly successful, with a loss of only 8 P-38's. The 1st Fighter Group earned a Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for their efforts, but the August 30 mission, for which they would earn a second citation, was not so easy. See mission reports, photos, first hand accounts and more information about this infamous air battle known as The Day of Armageddon. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul><li> <ul><li><a href="http://omeka/collections/show/15"></a></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1st Fighter Group Mission report for August 30, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource World War II. August 30, 1943. Description An account of the resource 1st Fighter Group Mission report for August 30, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 2nd Lt. Joseph Buhr Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/3/1943 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/12/292/Dibble_Text0226.pdf d7d36c0ab884c15c03ff6b1f10410876 PDF Text Text C ONF ID E N T IA L "(Equals British Secret"}" HEADQUARTERS 42ND WING (US) A-2 Section APO 520 D-l-7 30'August 1943. DAILY SUMMARY NUMBER 65 PERIOD: • 0001 to 2400 hrs..30. August 1943« ■ TODAYS OPERATIONS taSSIONS; SORTIES :■ OPERATIONS TO DATE 405 9,871 ■LOSSES; ' B-26's ,p-40's rP-38»s MISSING: ^257? ■40's -3.8’s r F Lt I VICTORIES '• -ln t,he Air; .• Destroyed . ..probables . ■.Damaged On the Ground; ^Destroyed ... Probables ■ •■v" ■; Damaged • W.B-26 of .319 Bomb Grot jup.listed as missing sing on Summary #61 is now considered lost, ™.,Pr38 .of 1st. Fighterr Group listed as missing r.^ on Summary #63 is now safe,- 5 P-38*:'s ..' are still missing. 1. 319th Bomb Group - At 0940 hrs. 27 B-26's took off to bomb RR M/Yds' .£*:’at 'AVERSA.. 8 A/C returned early, all mechanical; 4 armament, 4 engineering. 19 A/C...dropped, 3.6 x 500 Inst & 45 sec tail, 71 x 500 .1 nose & 45 sec tail bombs "rele.target at 1200 hrs- from 10,200 - 9,600 ft. 6 bombs returned to base failed to Lease. 18 A/C returned at 1408 hrs. 1 is at PALERMO,. RESULTS: Excellent coverage of ,.tar'get { area with many direct-hits observed in center portion of M/yd and on ware'housesy,beyond,I. . 2 big explosions in warehouse area and many fires among freight & in.M/Y. A few bombs were short. 6 tracks full of cars at VILLA LITERNO OBSERVATIONS: M/Y at target still congested with cars. 6 tracks of cars seen in M/Y.of. J,....town . 3Wn Jjust ust E.E. °off AVERSA. ENEMY AIR: About 50-60 E/A, mostly ME 109’sne ME ■■with', some .’s, .FW 190's, ME;210 210fs,-.FlV 190’s, MA 200’s, RE 2001’s intercepted the formation just c a.before BK-r-.T .reaching -aching coast. Many vwere engaged by the escort and a big battle took place coast'.on'the oyer', coast Lon. the Way in, leavingI the bombers unescorted over the target. ■ 4 ME 109's made a-head-on attack from above on c 1st 2 flights while at same time 12-15 E/a 9 .rear of the formation —“- in pairs and threes. 1 Tan P-38 followed the ' ery -low for about 175 miles from the coast. Claims: 9 ME 109’s ‘I. 1 Ma' ed by bombers; 1 ME . 4E 109 probably destroyed; 6 ME 109's and 1 RE 2001 e.veral other E/A incliluding another Tan P-38 wer.e seen destroyed'Presumably 'm/? °ar3' �CONFIDENTIAL (Equals British Secret}" by escort. P P-38 and 1 Me 109 seen to collide in the air. SHIPPING: 2 large barges headed N just N of mouth of VOLlURNO River at 1155 hrs. . 2 small Naval vessels possible PT boats, headed N at high speed off MONDRAGONE at 1212. 1 Tanker, and 5 small M/V's at POZZUOLI., . FLAK: Slight Heavy fairly accurate from ALBANOVA and target area. Slight Heavy inaccurate from CAPUA A/D and from.vicinity of CASTLE VOLTURNO. WEATHER’ 4/10 scattered, CAVU and slight haze over target. Additional Observation; 1 Crew reports an object flat on both ends about 18" long, 6" in diameter, having passed his wing, believed to be an aerial bomb. It went out of sight without exploding. Comment: Excellent P-38 escort. 2. 325th Fighter Group - At 1220 hrs. 48.P-40's took off to Dive Bomb DECIMOMANNU RR Bridge and strafe targets of opportunity. None returned early. DECIM( 8 A/c A/C dropped 8 x 500 inst nose .045 tail on target at 1330 hours from 8,000 to 1,000 ft. 48 A/C returned at 1450 hours. RESULTS: All bombs dropped in target. First 4 bombs were very near misses, 1 falling immediately alongside and 3 within ’5.*-2Q yards of the bridge. Last four dropped in same area, but due to dust actual pin-pointing was impossible.' 2 P-40's strafed Radar Station at PULA, many pieces seen to fly and installation believed to be partially destroyed, OBSERVATIONS: At DECIMOMANNU A/D 1 ju 290 at S edge of the a/D, 2 transports and 2 S/e. At CAPOTERRA no a/c visible at ELMAS s/p base 1 white and 1 dark S/P visible. ENEMY AIR: At 1345 hours 8 ME 109’s attacked P-40's oyer c. SPARTIVENTO. They dived at the form ation but when'turned into disappeared toward.the N, Two other Me 109's did the same thing shortly afterwards. 1 ME.109 followed formation S from the target area to a point approximately 10 miles S of C. TEULADA, but was not engaged. ENEMY SHIPPING: . 1 Medium m/v anchored at 39 deg 12’ N 09 deg 0?’ E, and 2 medium M/v eanchored at 39 deg 11' N-9 deg 09' E; 3 medium size m/v about 2 miles E of POETTO. FLAK: Slight heavy fairly accurate over the target and from a point 6 miles S of the target; at CAPOTERRA moderate heavy inaccurate; At PULA very ini itense accurate small arm fire. WEATHER: CAVU. 1st. Fighter Group - At 0950 hours 48 P-38's took off to escort B-26’s of 319th B.G. to AVERSA M/y. 4 returned early, P-38's were in target area at '1200 hours altitude was 11,500 ft/ 28 P-38's were down at base at 1713 hrs, 1 P-38 down at ROCC;. DI FAI.CO, 1 down at B0 RIZZO, 1 down at TEI'MINI, all in Sicily. 13 w-38is missing. RESULTS; . Smoke in Target Area. OBSERVATIONS: Following obs<servations probably contain duplications. Observed 1 P-38 explode in air; 1 P-38 pilot bail out over water; 1 "-38 on fire dive into the water at 13 deg E 40 deg 30' N; l-?38 burst into flames over -water at 1220 hrs; 2 ^-SS's crash into water F-7 of. ISCHIA’ Island. One parachute seen to open at 1225 hrs, location 13 deg 40' E 40 deg 42' N. CLAIMS; Destroyed 5 ”E 109's, 1MA 202, 1 FL’ 190. Probably destroyed 3 ”E 109'3. Damaged 3 109's and 2 LA 202's. IT COUNTERS: As p-38's reached coast of Italy 1155 hrs, through target area 100 miles back out to sea, they encountered 60-75 E/A composed of ?'E 1O9,’’A2O2, F? 190's, Pilots believe they saw some enemy operated Spitfires and absolutely identified 1 P-38 with black crosses on it. . Some'E/A were black, some were light blue with yellow spinners, 4 ME 109's were pink, e/a first a ttacked cut of the sun, then they attacked in all directions in 2's, 3's, and 4's, Some attacks were in half circle formation,, e/a attacked bombers just after.bomb run but were driven off by our fighters. During encounter, our fighters kept edging the E/A out to sea and bringing them down almost to the deck. Bombers, after bomb run, passed over the encounter. Running fight took place P-38's were engaged by new Enemy formation of‘ME 109's with belly tanks bombs. e/a attacked aggressively and encounter lasted until ICO miles off coast. Pilots believe aerial bombs -were used. Halfway back to base a HOMING of 140 deg was re ceived over radio. This would have lead formation back to Italy, believed to be enemy station. FLAK: Few bursts of light inaccurate flak from coast. .’FATHER: CAVU,. - 2 - Twals British {otJ I- �/) T- CONFIDENTIAL "(Equals British SECRET) First phase Bomb Damage Assessment Report AVERSA MARSHALLING YARDS & STORES DEPOT, ITALY: (319th B.G., 30/8/43, 1200 hrs, 107 x 500 bombs dropped). Quality of photos: Excellent Quality of photo coverage: Good. There has been no movement of the railroad cars in the marshalling; yard since the :ars in the yard. raid of 28/8/43. There still remain approximately 1000 railroad cs A concentration of at least 14 hits cut across the center of the marshalling yard, j sted Many of these hits struck the rail line running through the yard. The congesi book area of cars received numerous hits. Three explosions with resulting fires tc place among these cars. A further three hits landed among the cars at the N end of the yard. The stores depot warehouses at the N end of the yard received 20 hits am many damaging near misses. A large explosion resulted in one of the warehouses. Severe damage was done to the spurs running ling between the warehouses and to freight edge cars there. The warehouse sheds on the W central ed' ” of the yards received hits. Many bombs fe" sll short of the target and two small c.:lusters overshot the target. The damage done by 1the three raids of B-26's on 28/8/43 is visible on these photographs. Three hits have destroyed ’ ' ’ two tracks on the line running through the yard at the N end of the yard. Slight damagej was done on the line farther to the N. Several hits have blown a hole apprqximalitely 50 x 50 feet in the W warehouse of the S group of four warehouses. S . of the yards ~ ,six .hits ’- ‘ts have cut two tracks.in four places and damaged iged two tracks. tracks./ In the stores depot depot/directly S of the marshalling yard many iny hits have cut three of of' the four tracks in the area, derailed 10 freight cars,, definitely destroyed two freight cars, and ..damaged many other cars. In additi lion piles of stores received hits.' DISTRIBUTION: "A" ADAMS,. A -2. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/30/1943 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. 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A mission on August 25th was highly successful, with a loss of only 8 P-38's. The 1st Fighter Group earned a Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for their efforts, but the August 30 mission, for which they would earn a second citation, was not so easy. See mission reports, photos, first hand accounts and more information about this infamous air battle known as The Day of Armageddon. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. 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Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Location The location of the interview Foggia Air Base, Italy Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5" x 5" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas and an abandoned Me 109 at Foggia Air Base Subject The topic of the resource World War II. August 30, 1943. Description An account of the resource 94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. 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A mission on August 25th was highly successful, with a loss of only 8 P-38's. The 1st Fighter Group earned a Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for their efforts, but the August 30 mission, for which they would earn a second citation, was not so easy. See mission reports, photos, first hand accounts and more information about this infamous air battle known as The Day of Armageddon. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul><li> <ul><li><a href="http://omeka/collections/show/15"></a></li> </ul></li> </ul> Still Image A static visual representation. 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A mission on August 25th was highly successful, with a loss of only 8 P-38's. The 1st Fighter Group earned a Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for their efforts, but the August 30 mission, for which they would earn a second citation, was not so easy. See mission reports, photos, first hand accounts and more information about this infamous air battle known as The Day of Armageddon. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. 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Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Location The location of the interview Mateur, Tunisia Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5" x 5" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas at Mateur, Tunisia Subject The topic of the resource World War II. August 30, 1943. Description An account of the resource 94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas at Mateur, Tunisia Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black & white photograph Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/12/272/Dibble_Image0085.jpg b43ca9c96cd34badacfb2a79aff74899 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943 Description An account of the resource From Jim Dibble's account titled "The Day of Armegeddon" included in this collection: "Following the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, the missions flown out of North Africa by the 1st Fighter Group pilots in their P-38 Lightnings had a common objective of preparing for the invasion at Salerno, Italy by the United States Fifth Army." A mission on August 25th was highly successful, with a loss of only 8 P-38's. The 1st Fighter Group earned a Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for their efforts, but the August 30 mission, for which they would earn a second citation, was not so easy. See mission reports, photos, first hand accounts and more information about this infamous air battle known as The Day of Armageddon. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul><li> <ul><li><a href="http://omeka/collections/show/15"></a></li> </ul></li> </ul> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Location The location of the interview Capri Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5" x 5" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas. at Capri rest camp Subject The topic of the resource World War II. August 30, 1943. Description An account of the resource 94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas. at Capri rest camp Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black & white photograph Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/4/19/HPL_125th_Text0054.pdf be9f5d16fd245916adafe408c13d405e PDF Text Text History A library was started by the Women’s Club in 1396 consisting of a collection of books for public lending and housed in the second floor of the building currently occupied by Seasonal Grille. When the new high school was built and opened in 1918 the fledgling public library moved into the building. A reorganized library board held its first meeting: f+astlugs, Marchj), 151g A meeawg of the "Board of Library Commlsstotsers was called for orgamzattow Iw.the Library Room at gpm oiA, the above date, P^esewt: Mrs. e.A. "Burtow, ej. Lederle, w.w. Potter, c.w. Wesplwter, Rev.John, R. Gregory,johkvj. Lawsow arvd Mrs. Phyllis Reym>lris. Absent: L.c. "Browsow arid Miss Rosella Goodyear Meeting called to order The election of officers resulted in the choice of ej. Lederle, President and Phyllis Reynolds, secretary. Lots were cast to determine the length of office of each member with the following result. om year: Phyllis Reynolds, Rosella Goodyear arid W.W. Potter .Two years: L.C. "Bronson, Rev.johnR Gregory and ej. Lederle Three years: Mrs. E.A. Burton, C.W. Wesplnter andjohnj. Lawson /Motion made by Rev. Gregory that the President be empowered to appoint committees. Morton carried. Motion made by Rev. Gregory that a committee on librarian be appointed. Motto: v c:'-.>Ud. Motion made that a committee of three be appointed on by-laws. Motion carried. l Ad-.c.t:'. r^ade that the President be a committee of oue to confer with the women's club awd the T. hool Boarai as to the arrakvgemervt of the books of each turuved over to the Public Library. Motion, carried. The President named the following appointments: Librarian: Mrs. "Burton, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Wesplnter "By-laws § Constitution. Mrs. Reynolds, Rev. Gregory, Mr. Potter Women's Club: Mrs. Burton Meeting adjourned subject to cad from. the secretary. cj. ._ederle, Pres. Phyllis Reynolds.: -Secy. At subsequent meetings, Helen Fairchild was appointed libra.-..g at a yearly salary of $1,000 and served through August 1921 .to ?n Barnes |ucceeded Miss Fairchild with the under standing that she would attend •> week library trairincj s chool the subsequent summer. Miss Barnes was appointed librarian with a s.-rary of $1400 in June 1922. �The pubiic library received equal support from the city and school board at $1500 each in its first years. Additional income came from fines, donations from the Women’s Club, school.based fund raisers and general donors. The budget for 1924 is reflected in the following minutes: November i, i$>23 A special meeting of the library board was held at the home of the President, Mrs. e.A. Burton, Tuesday even.li/vgjuly 31,1523. Meeting called to order by the President at 2-.oo pm. present Mrs. Burton, Mr. Edw.ou,ds, Mr. Tolhurst, Mr. Dawson and Mrs. Bauer. Minutes of the previous meeting readg§ approved, it was moved and supported that the "Board engage Miss Bames as the libra ria n-for the ensuing year at $1000 a year,.one month's vacation with pay. Moved an.d supported that we adopt the budget for the en-sulrvg year as read. salary extra Magazine Binding Bootes extra for Bncy Supplies 1&-00 40 ±10 22& 125. 130 3251 Receipts ■ Olty 1500 School board club (?) Fln.es (?) 1500 50 250 3300 Balance on, ha n,d Nov i, 1923 $524.Of- After business session Mrs. Bames served Ice cream and catee which we certainly enjoyed. 2n motion, meeting adj’ourned Belle n. Burton, pres. qeorglna "Bauer, Sec'y The library thrived in its years in school buildings moving to the new wing of the high school in 1955 as the-William T. Wallace library in memory of a former high school principal. �January 13,i^.&H - the Hastings City C-oun-ciL confirmed the appointment of the following Library Board for the new Hastings Public Library: Mrs. Richard t. <qroos, five year term Rev. lion M.' <qury,.four year term Mrs. K.s. McIntyre, three year term . Mrs. Richard M. Coote, two year term, ■ Mrs. Wilbur R. Birk, one- year term the regular terms are to beginJuly 1, but the above-earned will act as an "interim board" in work necessary to concert the old federal post-office to library use, hiring a librarian, and getting a collection of books ready for opening the new library. (stgkved) Pon M. fjury On January 16,1965 after three years of work by community member volunteers, the Hastings Public Library moved to the old Post Office building on Church Street becoming a freestanding entity. March 14,1^&4. - A special afternoon meeting was held at the office of Emmanuel Church, tointerview Mrs. Florence O. Wilson, head libraria n of Sturgis Public Library. Those present v '?re Mrs. R.T. Ljroos, the Rev. pohM. cqury, Mrs. RM. Cook, Mrs. R.S. McIntyre, Mr. Cvifford Poian, Mrs'John Panfil and Mrs.. Wilson aHie interview, the Board Members decided to offer the position of.head Librarian, to Mrs. t:.>rtnc,e o: wilsonat an, an.nM.al salary of .0,500, plus the usual fringe benefits availableto employees of the city of Hastings . This .was so moves, second^ aM^ carried- Meeting. adyrnrrnd. (signed) PonM. <qury Little remains in our records of the collections and programs of the library. Summer Reading was held from the programs’ national beginning almost 100 years ago. Minutes record book expenditures and occasionally mention numbers of library cardholders but it is not until the move in 1965 that we have records of the monthly programming events. -or the first twenty years in the old Post Office building, the librarian and city were •squired to send a report to the Federal Government detailing the use of the building as a library. After twenty years, ownership of the property was handed over to the City of Hastings and the library board entered into a lease of the property from the city for $1.00 per month. Many times over the years, the building underwent repairs and -emodeling as librarians and staff tried to make the most of the space available. Plans for expansion existed but the funding was never found to make any additions to the �building. Florence Wilson, Eileen Oehler and Barbara Schondelmayer were the librarians overseeing these years as the library created various relationships with the surrounding townships and State Library to determine funding and service areas. Toward the end of the 20th century the library board decided to find new space for the library and develop adequate funding from those government bodies choosing to participate. Rutland Charter Township residents approved millage for the library beginning in 1991. Hastings Charter Township tried several plans including contracting with Freeport’s library and township families paying non-resident fees to use the Hastings Library. As the plans for a new library went forward, millage was again requested from the two townships in the amount of 1.6 mils. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hastings Public Library's 125th Anniversary Subject The topic of the resource Public History--Michigan--Barry County Description An account of the resource Did you know the Hastings Public Library has been around in one form or another since 1896? It started out as the Women's Club Reading Room and over time, grew into the vital and vibrant public institution we all know and love. Look through this collection to learn about where it all started, see the how the efforts of so many helped the library grow, and have some fun seeing photos of the past. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image and text Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1896 - 2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Brief History of the Women's Club Library Subject The topic of the resource History Description An account of the resource Summary of the Women's Club of Hastings' formation of and involvement with and management of a library from 1896 through the mid 1990's. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Documents Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource unknown https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/9/374/Dibble_Text0214.pdf a4c12ab1678dd5a1d120d8b1f0f1ac68 PDF Text Text On May 5,1943 a new pilot, Lt. James P. Dibble arrived at the First Fighter Groups airbase at Chateaudun du Rommel, Algeria and was assigned to the 94th "Hat in Ring" squadron. Lt. Dibble's first combat mission took place on May 21,1943. The Group would be escorting approximately 70 B-17 bombers from the 2nd and 301st Bomb Groups to Sciacca, Sicily. Sixteen pilots from the 94th along with formations from the 27th and 71st fighter squadrons took off at 7:40am for the mission. The bombers went over the target at 25,000 feet with the fighters providing protection from 29,000 feet. The following day Jim would write home to his wife describing his experience that day. "I will tell you that my introduction to combat was a merry one," Jim wrote to his wife. "We were escorting bombers and right over the target in the flak and fighter area, my right engine quit - whew, did I sweat for a minute. I couldn't stay with the formation, and it was a long way from home. So I feathered the bad engine's prop and started down in a hell of a hurry. Luckily the bombers were just leaving the target so I just tucked myself under the wing of one of those beautiful babies and went home with them for protection. Some fun." After the publication of the Collier’s Wing Talk article Jim’s mother wrote asking if he was the pilot in the article. He wrote home identifying himself as the pilot and added the following, "A waist gunner fired a burst at me as I was moving in, he thought I was the enemy-fortunately he missed." Quite an introduction to combat with many more exciting times to come. Lt. Dibble would go on to fly 49 missions before being shot down and killed strafing a large German convoy in Italy. He came back from missions three times on one engine, shot down 2 ME-109's with one probable. He met Eddie Rickenbacker and Jimmy Doolittle. Escorted General Eisenhower to Sicily to meet with Patton, Alexander and on to Malta to meet Lord Gort. At the time of his death he had become the top-rated pilot in the squadron. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, 10 Air Medals and two Presidential Unit Citations. There is a monument dedicated by the citizens of Padula, Italy to Lt. Dibble's sacrifice. The story of this monument and its dedication can be seen on Youtube. Go to the following link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5xBvSe84 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: Combat! Description An account of the resource James spent his combat time based out of North Africa and helped clear the way for the eventual invasion of Italy in 1943. He was a member of the 94th Air Squadron, <a href="https://www.1stfg.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1st Fighter Group</a>, and flew the famous twin-engined P-38. Learn more about the P-38 at: <ul><li><a href="http://www.aviation-history.com/lockheed/p38.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Aviation History online Museum</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_1pKiyOT5AhXUkIkEHWqSCb8QFnoECAMQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Ftechnology%2FP-38&usg=AOvVaw25-9_sOlkuv_UPtZBhV1Ma" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Britannica.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_1pKiyOT5AhXUkIkEHWqSCb8QFnoECAQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLockheed_P-38_Lightning&usg=AOvVaw0_UoxVGVbZOtad9vsjWvhW" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wikipedia</a><a href="http://www.aviation-history.com/lockheed/p38.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a></li> </ul> Don't miss the section titled Day of Armageddon recapping the events of August 30, 1943. This air battle over Italy ultimately earned James the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was lucky to survive - many pilots made the ultimate sacrifice. See photos, letters, mission reports and more about James' time spent in combat over Africa and Italy in 1942 and 1943. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A short bio on James written by his nephew Jim. Subject The topic of the resource James Dibble. Combat. Description An account of the resource 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. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Magazine transcription Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jim Dibble Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/24/783/A_Sketch_of_the_Life_of_A.E._Bull.pdf 5e79522a025e82825f306c3d488156a7 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bull Diaries Subject The topic of the resource Diaries Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource The Bull Diaries is a collection of newspaper clippings assembled by the Bull family over many years. It is not a traditional diary in that no one ecorded their thougths on paper. This collection is presented as is due to ongoing interest from the community, with some caveats: <ul><li>Indexes to most of this content are included within the collection.</li> <li>The indexes sometimes refer to Bull Diary books that are not included here and are not available. We do not have any books numbered 16 and higher.</li> <li>Much of the content contaied in the diaries came from the Hastings Banner which is also availabe on this site.</li> </ul> A few additional newspaper articles about A. E. Bull are also included within this collection. To find content in a diary: <ol><li>Look up a name in the appropriate Index.</li> <li>Once found, look in the column labeled "Book" or "Liber". This will tell you the book and page where information about that name can be found.</li> </ol><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/contact" title="Contact us Form">Let us know</a> if you have any questions. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Sketch of the Life of A. E. Bull Part II Subject The topic of the resource LocalHistory.Bull Description An account of the resource An article in the From Time to Time series about A. E. Bull. This is part II, but part I is unaccounted for. Note this document is not searchable and was scanned into pdf some time ago. The bottom of the page is cut off slightly. Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pds Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joyce F. Weinbrecht Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-06-04 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available J-Ad Graphics https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/9/375/Dibble_Text0104.pdf 8dd7334f697ea4159822d7111af3dbfd PDF Text Text 'O' On August 8, 1943 Jim flew his 41st mission. The Gr^rip went out on a strafing mission. Twenty-four P-38s took off at 12:20 PM from Mateur to strafe a road and railyard south of Angitola, Italy. The squadron flew low over the Mediterranean to avoid enemy radar. At Angitola, the P-3 8s came in over the railyard with complete surprise. Several trains were strafed, two engines were destroyed and several railroad cars exploded, indicating that they were carrying ammunition. The element of surprise was achieved because if the enemy were aware of the approaching planes, they could put up a wall of ground fire. The Germans had special cars on most of their military trains that were heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons. They looked like any other railcar but on attack the car siding could be dropped to permit some very concentrated and effective fire. During this mission, Jim's plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire and lost an engine. He wrote home the following day and described what happened: "I'm going to attempt to give you the thoughts of a pilot when he gets into a tough spot. I ought to know -three times I've come home on one engine - flak holes - enemy fighters - and even a .30 caliber rifle firedfrom the ground while strafing enemy troops. Can you imagine seeing a truckfull of men suddenly explode into flames from the bullets released by the touch ofyour forefinger. Men running and you in sort ofa fiendish glow of murderous instinct, mowing them down. No thoughts of anything - your mind a blank Pilots have been so concentrated on a target that they have flown right into it with a terrific explosion. No one that hasn't strafed can understand why. But it continues to happen no matter how many warnings are in the pilot's brain. Pulling up offthe target almost ticking the hilltop -1 guess I gave it to those bastards. Suddenly your plane lurches - almost flips on its back! My God but you are scared, but only for a flash. All the months of intense training you had take over. You have your wings only because your reactions are split second, and way ahead ofyour brain. You have seen fellow cadets washout not so much because they couldn't fly but because when this happened they would be 20 feet in the ground. Before you know it the plane is level, the left engine has the gas shut off, propeller feathered to decrease parasite drag which might not let you continue flying. Maybe you shut it offjust before it was to explode into flame just like that truck you just left - who knows? Anyway here you are. - How in hell did all those holes get in that engine and wing. I guess those poor jerks down there were trying to kill me, but they didn't know that I wasn't due for about sixty years yet. Better get someone to escort me home. Who knows, the whole Luftwaffe may be upstairs waiting for me. The old radio is working thank God, so in a couple minutes a couple or three ofyour buddies are weavingjust over your head, ready to take on anyone that has any ideas of hurting you. Do you love 'em - what a wonderful bunch ofguys that are flying with you. How's my good engine? By this time you are screamingfor home with nothing more to worry about than 300 miles of open sea and whether or not your good engine is going to hold up! What if there are some bullets in it? Maybe it's going to stop any second. off. Not the Gosh its getting too hot! Open up all the shutters and cool that damn thing off �damn thing really, instead the wonderful good old American engine that will run forever ifgiven halfa chance. Baby it and how. Good, it's ticking along beautifully, keep it up. My generator is shot out and the battery must be getting low. Shut the radio off, props in manual control. Booster pumps off inverter, no that runs the compass, got to have that. I guess that's all the electric equipment I can shut off. Gas, that wonderful stuff that keeps you up there. They say it costs $2.00 a gallon by the time it gets to us. How much - not too much, so the mixture leaned out, r.p.m.s lowered, just enough power on to keep up a good speed Wow, am I hot, soaked with sweat and it's still pouring out. Well, we're out of danger from the enemy now so relax. Darn, but my rear end aches. It ought to, for the last four hours I have sat in this one spot. And what a spot - 5'7" and my head bumps the top of the canopy ifI stretch a little. Tall guys which there are a few of must have trouble. That Co-2 bottle in your seat dinghy is like sitting on a fist sized rock ; Release your safety belt which helps for a couple ofminutes. Take a swig ofwater out ofyour canteen which by this time is warm as , well warm. Light up a cigarette and really enjoy it. Gosh I wish I was back to the field would! ever hit the sack There's land and pretty soon the field -oh gosh a strong cross wind to make a single engine landing in. Well, here goes - I've had two before - but without a cross-wind I guess it won't be so hard tho - just keep on the ball. Heck that wasn't hard at all - as good as a regular landing. Wow! look at the crowd coming out to look at the holes. The crew chief is actually proud - "look at the holes in my plane" -he says. "And it came back Oh hell, I guess it will be an engine change. Why couldn't they have hit a less vital spot?" - On the ground it's the crew chiefs plane - only in the air does it belong to the pilot. Pilots argue about who has the best crew chiefand crew chiefs the reverse. Oh well, here comes the Colonel. Well, he just congratulated you on a good job of bringing the plane back Well hell, what about bringing myself back? But I guess that goes without saying. One hundred thirty five holes in the plane, and two through the cockpit, well, C'est Le Guerre." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: Combat! Description An account of the resource James spent his combat time based out of North Africa and helped clear the way for the eventual invasion of Italy in 1943. He was a member of the 94th Air Squadron, <a href="https://www.1stfg.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1st Fighter Group</a>, and flew the famous twin-engined P-38. Learn more about the P-38 at: <ul><li><a href="http://www.aviation-history.com/lockheed/p38.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Aviation History online Museum</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_1pKiyOT5AhXUkIkEHWqSCb8QFnoECAMQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Ftechnology%2FP-38&usg=AOvVaw25-9_sOlkuv_UPtZBhV1Ma" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Britannica.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_1pKiyOT5AhXUkIkEHWqSCb8QFnoECAQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLockheed_P-38_Lightning&usg=AOvVaw0_UoxVGVbZOtad9vsjWvhW" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wikipedia</a><a href="http://www.aviation-history.com/lockheed/p38.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a></li> </ul> Don't miss the section titled Day of Armageddon recapping the events of August 30, 1943. This air battle over Italy ultimately earned James the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was lucky to survive - many pilots made the ultimate sacrifice. See photos, letters, mission reports and more about James' time spent in combat over Africa and Italy in 1942 and 1943. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data unknown Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Account by James Dibble after his plane was badly damaged and lost an engine on a mission in Italy, August 9, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource James Dibble. Combat. Description An account of the resource 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. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mission report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Dibble Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/12/316/Dibble_Text0243.pdf 8c2d15717c4e4171466c63783d227694 PDF Text Text Page 1 of 1 James W. Dibble From: To: Sent: Attach: Subject: <RVrilakas@aol.com> <jwdlmd@coastalnet.com> Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:41 PM Mission #19.doc Re: Armageddon '43 Jim, there are only a couple of items that I would suggest checking into or revising. a. On the 2nd page (last paragraph) you say "It was at this point that the 1st Fighter Group was assigned to the 42nd Bomb Wing". To me that would mean that we were under the command of the 42nd B. W. which would not be accurate. I think you intended to say the 1st Ftr. Gp. was tasked (or directed) to escort the 42nd Bomb Wing----- . The 1st Ftr. Gp. remained assigned directly to 12th A.F. Hq. at that time. jrience he is quoted as having dived from 17,000 ft. to the deck trying b. In the account of Hal Rigney's expert to blow the fire out. Since the bomberss were flying at 11,000 ft. it would be unlikely that any of the P-38 escort would be 5000 ft above them, at 17,( ,000 ft. I don't have anything to confirm Hal's altitude, but you might want to check that out a little further,. I think Hal's altitude was 12,000 which is about where we were when we entered the target area. >y memoirs, but in the event you haven't You may have had access to my account of the 30 Aug. mission in my I'm attaching a copy for you. You are welcome to use any part of it that rat you think appropriate to your story. 1/18/03 �Going in with the bombers we encountered the usual heavy flak then a pretty stiff battle with 25 or 30 fighters. The bombers completed their run and we were on the way out with minimum losses when someone called in a new batch of "bogies" (estimated 75 to 100) high. I looked up to see a whole gaggle of them drop belly tanks and dive into the middle of us. They had been loitering at altitude awaiting the most favorable time to attack which was after we had expended a good bit of our fuel and ammo, and were attempting to regroup from the first air battle that day. Following their initial dive into us a real dogfight erupted during which our flights were completely broken up and much of our squadron integrity disappeared. There were P-38's, ME109's and Machi 202's mixing it everywhere with many losses on both sides. Everywhere you looked there was an enemy fighter or P-38 in a spin or dive—smoking or on fire, some crashing into the Bay of Naples. A P-38 from the 71st Squadron and a Mel09 collided headon exploding in a gigantic ball of smoke and fire. As one of the pilots described it years later it looked like one of those old WWI movies such as Hell's Angels or Lilac time. I saw several P-38's on fire and one (Lt. Rigney) on fire and bellying into the water off shore. Since our fuel was getting low from the two encounters the squadron leader that day (Lt. Dibble) gave the order to work toward the Bay of Naples and reform as best we could. About the same time a P-38 from the 27th Squadron went by me toward the bay with an Mel09 closing in on his tail. I was alone and broke headon into the 109 firing a good burst at him from close range. He broke off the 27th P-38 in what appeared to be a fast, uncontrollable spinning dive. My maneuver, however had taken me directly back toward Naples and into a beehive of enemy fighters. The squadron, by then, was loosely formed up and heading out to sea. It was obvious the 109 pilots were literally choosing lots to see which got the honor and that there was no way I could best their numbers, fuel, or altitude advantage. I took the only real choice available which was to firewall it and dive for the deck out over the Bay of Naples. Almost immediately tracers went by. They were actually converging in front of me and I looked back into a spiral painted propellor spinner not more than a hundred yards behind me. As I leveled off at what appeared to be a few inches off the water he started hitting me. It sounded like hail on a tin roof with occasional explosions as his cannon shell hit and exploded. To make a more difficult target I kicked left rudder causing his tracers to go over the end of my left wing. As he worked back and started hitting the aircraft again I would try a skid the other way. This ploy was used several times and it reduced his effectiveness, but he still got quite a few hits each time as he worked back through. I was so low on the deck that he no doubt had problems avoiding the water, plus my prop wash. At times his bullets raised plumes of water ahead of me indicating he was trying to shoot from an elevated position and was over-leading me. It seemed certain my aircraft was either going to lose an engine or explode and I was considering how to handle that when I noticed I was rapidly overtaking another Me 109 directly ahead and about a hundred feet above me. He was apparently trying to catch up with the other P-38's ahead. That meant that if I went under him there would be two of them on my tail. If I pulled up and eliminated the skid to fire at him the guy behind me would have a sitting duck to work on. I pulled up, got a good bead on the Me 109 ahead and fired all four 50 calibers and the cannon. He started to smoke and went into a gentle turn to the right. Almost simultaneously there was a crash as my pursuer gave me a long burst, enveloping me again with a hail of tracers. One of his bullets creased the canopy bar beside my head, which knocked out the whole rear of the canopy. Plexiglass flew all over the cockpit-even into my mouth. I dove for the deck again and for some reason experienced no more shots from the 109 behind me. Within seconds during which I expected to catch more fire my right engine oil temperature began to rise rapidly and the pressure began dropping. I feathered the right engine and watched the left with no little anxiety, but despite apparent gaping cannon holes in both wings and numerous 30 cal. holes in the engine �nacelles and wings the left engine continued to function fine. Happily the gauges showed no rapid fuel loss and radio contact was made with the squadron. Lt. Dibble brought what was left of the squadron around in a 360 degree turn allowing me to catch up. Three of the 94th pilots, Lts. Dibble, Pettus and Anderson stayed with me while the rest of the squadron proceeded back to home base in Africa. We headed for Sicily, the nearest friendly landfall and after what seemed an endless time arrived over northern Sicily and proceeded to the nearest airfield. The airfield was under construction, but there was enough P.S.P. (pierced steel planking) installed to land on so I set up an approach. Just as the end of the runway was reached an Italian truck being used for construction drove directly across in front of me. I managed to add enough power to get over him but decided against a go around, not knowing what the condition of the hydraulic system was and whether or not the gear could be raised, (the landing gear had to be raised to effect a successful pull-up and go around on single engine.) The landing went o.k. with sufficient speed left to taxi over to some tents being used by the Army Combat Engineers. Upon shutting down the good engine it caught fire but was quickly extinguished by an awaiting fireman. The plane looked like a sieve. I estimated there were 60 to 80, 30 cal holes plus 4 or 5 exploded cannon round hits that in each case flared a large piece of the wing skin up. Even the props had bullet holes through them. Lts. Dibble, Pettus, and Anderson, after seeing me down safely, buzzed the field and continued on to home base in Africa. I stayed at the field that night then made my way back to the base at Mature the next day on a C-47 transport. I've always regretted not getting some pictures of the P-38, but doubt if a camera was available. I was credited with one victory that day and one damaged. The Mel09 firing at me either ran out of ammunition and/or broke off to go to the aid of his comrade. The credited kill and damaged was inadvertently listed as Machi 202's but it didn't make that much difference to me at the time. 2 �We lost Lt. Parlett, Lt. Peck, Lt. Cram, Lt. Woodward and Lt. Rigney that day from the 94th Squadron. The other squadrons had similar losses. Lts. Parlett and Rigney survived being shot down and were taken prisoner by the Germans. Both of them along with Lt. Catledge from the 71st squadron escaped and after months of working their way down through Italy, finally reached friendly forces in Southern Italy and safety. The group was again awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. Upon my arrival back at the base I was greeted like a long lost relative, debriefed by intelligence, and then went to my tent for a much needed rest. My air mattress for my army cot was missing. The squadron didn't have enough air mattresses to go around so they were inherited from pilots rotating home or "requisitioned" directly by one of the newer pilots when someone failed to return from a mission. I was building up a head of steam when one of the more recently assigned pilots came in looking very embarrassed and dragging my air mattress. He sheepishly apologized and it was good for a tension relieving laugh. 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943 Description An account of the resource From Jim Dibble's account titled "The Day of Armegeddon" included in this collection: "Following the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, the missions flown out of North Africa by the 1st Fighter Group pilots in their P-38 Lightnings had a common objective of preparing for the invasion at Salerno, Italy by the United States Fifth Army." A mission on August 25th was highly successful, with a loss of only 8 P-38's. The 1st Fighter Group earned a Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for their efforts, but the August 30 mission, for which they would earn a second citation, was not so easy. See mission reports, photos, first hand accounts and more information about this infamous air battle known as The Day of Armageddon. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul><li> <ul><li><a href="http://omeka/collections/show/15"></a></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Account from Lt. Robert Vrilakas' memoir about the events of August 30, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource World War II. August 30, 1943. Description An account of the resource Account from Lt. Robert Vrilakas' memoir about the events of August 30, 1943 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Historical account Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lt. Robert Vrilakas Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/9/373/Dibble_Text0199.pdf d516c3adf413c96961ba51648b1609e8 PDF Text Text EDDIE RICKENBACKER NORTH AFRICA AND THE “HAT IN THE RING PIN” In April 1943 Eddie Rickenbacker had visited the War Department and received another assignment as Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson's Special Consultant. Rickenbacker was to visit Russia to check into the Lend-Lease program then in effect. Lend-Lease was the program, inaugurated in March 1941, by which America became the arsenal of democracy, sending military supplies to all nations fighting the Axis. Rickenbacker's trip took him through North Africa, and as such he planned to visit as many Air Corp groups as possible to help boost morale. Knowing that his old squadron was stationed in the area, before leaving the United States, Rickenbacker had a jeweler in New York make up i insignia pins with the hat-in-the-ring motif and had persuaded p Hap Arnold, head of the Army Air Forces, to approve themit to be worn on their uniforms. On May 14, five command cars pulled into the base at Chateaudun du Rommel, Algeiiria. Jimmy Doolittle, then Commanding Officer of the spped out to introduce Rickenbacker to the Twelfth Air Force, step ’groui ling Rickenbacker threw a big party for the group. Later that eveni,, squa^ squadron in Constantine. There were then some 22 pilots in the 94th Squadron. ! The pilot::s having been trucked in were treated to a bit ig meal consisting of camel steaks with all the trimmings, Folic .owing the cognac and grape juice to wash it all down, Rickenbacker assembled all tl:he= pilots pi: on a small stage. ( General Doolittle called each pilots name name.. Eddie Rickenbaker presented the small "hat-in-the-ring" pin to General Doolittle wh<10 in turn pinned it on the tunic above the pilots wings. Lt. Jim Dibble wrote home to describe the event."We had a big squadron part} rty last night in a nearby town. Eddie Rickenbacker, who used to 1be with the squadron in the last war, threw a party for us. We were all presented with a pin of silver in the form of the squadron insignia, the hat-in-the-ring." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: Combat! Description An account of the resource James spent his combat time based out of North Africa and helped clear the way for the eventual invasion of Italy in 1943. He was a member of the 94th Air Squadron, <a href="https://www.1stfg.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1st Fighter Group</a>, and flew the famous twin-engined P-38. Learn more about the P-38 at: <ul><li><a href="http://www.aviation-history.com/lockheed/p38.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Aviation History online Museum</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_1pKiyOT5AhXUkIkEHWqSCb8QFnoECAMQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Ftechnology%2FP-38&usg=AOvVaw25-9_sOlkuv_UPtZBhV1Ma" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Britannica.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_1pKiyOT5AhXUkIkEHWqSCb8QFnoECAQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLockheed_P-38_Lightning&usg=AOvVaw0_UoxVGVbZOtad9vsjWvhW" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wikipedia</a><a href="http://www.aviation-history.com/lockheed/p38.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a></li> </ul> Don't miss the section titled Day of Armageddon recapping the events of August 30, 1943. This air battle over Italy ultimately earned James the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was lucky to survive - many pilots made the ultimate sacrifice. See photos, letters, mission reports and more about James' time spent in combat over Africa and Italy in 1942 and 1943. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Account of Eddie Rickenbacker's visit to the 94th Air Squadron in Algeria, 1943 Subject The topic of the resource World War II. 1st Fighter Group. Medals and Citations Description An account of the resource Account of Eddie Rickenbacker's visit to the 94th Air Squadron in Algeria, 1943. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Essay Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jim Dibble Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/13/317/Dibble_Text0094.pdf a8720fc2e34f42eadc961bdd69022fce PDF Text Text SEPTEMBER 9, 1943 September 9th, six days after Montgomery and the British forces landed in extreme southern Italy, the U.S. 5th Army under General Mark Clark staged an assault landing on the beaches near Salerno, 25 miles southeast of Naples. Gathering in Sicily were the main units of the Allied Air-Forces which would be needed to support the invasion. The main U.S. convoy had sailed from Oran on September 5th. The British troops landed at the southern end of Italy on September 3rd, and resistance to the landings was slight. Both German and Italian forces evaded major engagements and fell back rapidly after carrying out extensive demolition. By September 8th, British advance units were already halfway up the toe of the Italian boot. With the announcement that evening of the unconditional surrender of the Italian government, hostile action by the Italian Army in the south ceased, and the Italian fleet sailed for allied ports to surrender. However, it was anticipated that the landing of the 5th Army at Salerno would cause an immediate and strong reaction from the Germans. It was expected that they would fight hard to prevent, or at least delay a penetration inland that would trap their forces moving up from the south. Late on September 8th, at their temporary base at Catania, Sicily, the word was passed around the First Fighter Group; "We're landing at Salerno tomorrow." During the briefing that followed, the 94th Fighter Squadron learned that it had been assigned the "Pears" beach area to patrol during the invasion. The mission was to prevent the German Air Force from attacking the invasion forces on the beachhead. During the first three missions the 94th flew on the 9th, only 4 enemy aircraft were seen and they fled at the sight of the P-38s. Jim would lead the fourth and largest mission of the day. The flight of twelve planes was separated into three flights of four planes each designated “Red, White and Blue” respectively. Having received advance permission to strafe behind the German lines, Jim was jubilant. "We get to strafe," he proclaimed to fellow pilots. The briefing was short and to the point. Jim told the pilots that they would be given a target to strafe following their patrol of the beach. He told the pilots to kick hard on their rudders while strafing to keep from getting hit. This mission, Jim's 49th, was to be his last. The planes took off at 3:00 PM reaching the beach �area at 4:10. Flying on Jim's wing was a new pilot, Lt. Stan Wojcik. Stan had trained to be a P-40 pilot. He had been assigned to the 5th Air Force and was traveling across North Africa to reach his new base when his orders were suddenly changed. Stan was reassigned to the First Fighter Group while it was on stand down following the August 30th mission. Due to the upcoming invasion, the Group needed pilots in a hurry. When he arrived at his new squadron, Stan got in about five hours of transitional flying before going with the Group to Sicily for the invasion. After Jim’s flight had patrolled the beach area for one hour, "Changer," the aircraft controller on the USS Ancon, ordered Jim's flight to attack a convoy of over 400 enemy vehicles 30 miles east of Agropoli, Italy. The German convoy was traveling north along National Highway 19 near the small town of Padula. The flight turned south and followed the coast to Agropoli where it turned east to find the convoy. As the flight passed over the town of Monte San Giacomo the valley with the German convoy appeared before them. Jim, with Red Flight, initiated the attack out of the sun at over 300 mph. The remaining two flights of four planes loitered at altitude until ordered in. As the Red Flight attacked, the Germans threw up a wall of anti-aircraft fire, above them as well as below, from the sides of the mountains as well as from the valley. "Red" flight had just pulled around in the valley following the initial attack when White and Blue flight were ordered to attack. Just then, Jim’s wingman, Stan Wojcik noticed smoke coming from Jim's plane. Stan pulled up above Jim's plane so he could look into the cockpit. By now the cockpit of Jim's plane was engulfed in smoke and flames. Unable to detect any movement by Jim, Stan shoved the throttles to the firewall to try to get away. Having been close to Jim's plane, the anti-aircraft guns were already trained in Stan's direction. He felt a couple of thuds. The area in front of his cockpit erupted in smoke and flames which then extending into the cockpit. He immediately pulled the escape ring above the windshield and the slipstream blew the top canopy off. After gaining enough altitude, and knowing he was vulnerable to being hit by the horizontal stabilizer, Stan pushed himself backward out of the cockpit. Stan waited to pull the ripcord. Fortunately, he missed the tail, his chute opened and he had to turn his chute to miss some high-tension wires near the road. Seeing the first two planes in Red Flight shot down, White flight and Blue flight immediately broke of the attack continuing east taking the remaining P-38’s up and over the East Mountain ridge to escape the intense anti-aircraft fire and to locate additional targets to attack. Lt. Cy Nolen part of White flight flew under Stan as he was coming down in his parachute and saw his plane crash on the east ridge. �Being low when he bailed out, Stan hit the ground almost immediately. He was immediately captured by German troops from the convoy and though severely burned would eventually survive the war in Stalag Luft 1. With both engines on fire Jim’s plane was gliding south when it crash landed in a farm field just East of the National Highway. He was able to get out of his plane but it appeared that among other injuries he had a broken leg. Soon German troops arrived and a firefight broke out. After having been further injured a German soldier picked up Jim’s pistol and killed him with it. Two brothers, Vito and Paolo Cimino, who had been working in the field at the time were ordered to bury Jim next to his fighter plane. The area around Padula had been anti-German. In fact, there were freedom fighters in the area several of which had been either killed or captured by the Germans. Jim’s attack on September 9, 1943 marked the end of the German occupation of the area. The German’s had gathered tank, infantry and anti-aircraft forces near Padula to be ready to mobilize and attack the American Army as soon as they knew the location of the landing. The German forces quickly left the area to reinforce German troops near Salerno and to avoid being trapped between the American and the British 8th Army moving up from the extreme southern toe of Italy. In my attempts to learn what had happened to my Uncle, Jim’s crash site was located in May 1999. While we were excavating the area, we were approached by several of the area’s citizens who remembered the event. They now knew who the pilot was that crashed in their field that day. They told us they wanted to build a memorial to honor his sacrifice. Many of Padula’s citizens still remembered the attack by Jim’s flight of P-38s, not because it was their one main battle during the war, but because it had come to symbolized their freedom and the end of World War II as they knew it. The Padula area is known for their marble like stone that is quarried in the nearby mountains. On May 6, 2000 the town of Padula came to the crash site to honor Jim. At the crash site there is a very large piece of Padula stone rising over eight feet out of the ground. One side had been polished with a commemorative plaque attached to it. Authored by eyewitness and former Mayor Enzo Pinto, the plaque read: “ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1943 LIEUTENANT JAMES P. DIBBLE CRASHED HERE WITH HIS AIRCRAFT WHILE LEADING A SQUADRON OF 12 P38 AIRPLANES. HE WAS STILL ALIVE AND WOUNDED WHEN BARBARIOUSLY KILLED BY THE GERMAN SOLDIERS. THE �FAMILY AND ALL PADULA REMEMBER HIM, AND IN HIS MEMORY, HONOR THE COURAGE AND SACRIFICE OF HIS YOUNG LIFE.” The ceremony was attended by many of Padula’s citizens along with representatives from the local and regional governments as well as representatives for the regional Carabinieri (a member of the Italian paramilitary police). The eyewitnesses to the crash came to remind their fellow citizens what took place that day. The widows of the local freedom fighters came to remind the citizens of the sacrifice made by many from this area. Many school children came to listen and learn about their village and its heritage and the United States Air Force reminded everyone how important events like these are to preserving our past as well as our future. Jim was Missing in Action and later an Unknown Soldier until he was identified in October 1946. But thanks to the citizens of Padula and to one of the very few monuments in Europe dedicated to a single airman Jim’s memory will live on long after we are gone. Jim’s remains were returned to Michigan, December 1948 and was interred in Middleville, MI’s Mt. Hope Cemetery. On his 49th and final mission, Jim made the supreme sacrifice. He did not try to be a hero; he did not have to. He knew the risks and did his job. Today we owe our freedom in part to these men who helped make this a better world to live in. What began as sorrow 75 years ago has ended in great pride and inspiration. Jim Dibble � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: Killed in Action Description An account of the resource Typically pilots rotated home after their 50th mission. James took off for his 49th mission on Septemebr 9, 1943, and never returned. He was shot down on a straffing run near the town of Padula, Italy. Initially there was much confusion amongst the other P-38 pilots, and it was thought James survivied and may have been taken prisoner. Ultimately it was discovered that James had been shot down and then killed by German soldiers. James was ultiamtely brought home and buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Middleville, Michigan. See information on his gravesite at <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40312090/james-p-dibble" target="_blank" title="James P. Dibble's Gravesite" rel="noreferrer noopener">FindAGrave.com</a>. See reports, documents and letters around James' missing in action status and then the determination that he was killed in action. Included are letters from the Army to his wife Maxine and parents, newspaper clippings and local memorials. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul><li> <ul><li><a href="http://omeka/collections/show/15"></a></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Account written by Jim Dibble of September 9, 1943 when his uncle James was shot down in Italy Subject The topic of the resource James Dibble. Crash. Description An account of the resource Account written by Jim Dibble of September 9, 1943 when his uncle James was shot down in Italy. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Military history Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jim Dibble Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource unknown Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/4/40/HPL_125th_Text0058.pdf 72c59c989877020c629edfd2fdade6eb PDF Text Text This Agreement made and entered into this_ _day of May 1917> by and between the Hasings Women’s Club, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan and having its principle office and place of business in the city of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, party of the first part, and the Board of Education of the School District of the city of Hastings, a “corporation organized and existing under the general school law of the state of Michigan, party of the second part witnesseth as follows. Whereas, the said party of the first part has established, owns and maintains a library in the city of Hastings for the use of its members and others, and is desirous of placing, the books, pafnphlets, and periodicals belonging to it and other property constituting said "library in the public school buildings of the city of Hastings, and of consolidating the same with the library of the public schools of the city of Hastings, and of maintaining the said consolidated library in the new high-school building in said city, now in process of erection and whereas the parties hereto are mutually desirous of entering into an agreement between themselves for the care of the books, maintenance, insurance, protection, up-keep and replacement of the same and the use thereof by the teachers and students of the said public' schools and other persons under such terms and conditions, rules and regulations as shall here-after be agreed upon and established. Now therefore, in consideration of the respective rights and interests of the parties hereto in the establishment and maintenance of such consolidated public library, it is agreed as follows: I �(1) The said' Hastings Woman’s Club, a corporation as aforesaid, party of the first part agrees to and does hereby assign, transfer, set over and deliver to the Board of Education of the school district of the city of Hastings, all of their library, books, pamphlets, periodicals and magazines belonging thereto or used in connection therewith, and specifically mentioned and described in the inventory and schedule annexed hereto and marked Exhibit "A”, in trust nevertheless upon the following conditions and for the uses and purposes hereinafter stated that is to say: (a) The Board of Education of the school district of the city of Hastings, agrees.to accept all of said property above mentioned and described in the schedule exhibit "A". above referred to and to remove the same at their own cost and expense and to install the same in the new high school building in the city of Hastings, Michigan in connection with the library, maintained by the public schools of said city. (b) The said Board of Education also agreeb to keep and maintain said library and the books, pamphlets and periodicals therein in as good a condition as when taken except for ordinary wear. It agrees to pay any and all expenses of rebinding, of cataloguing and housing the same. To replace any and all books that may be lost or destroyed, to keep the same accessible to students and teachers, and the general public under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon and established by the library board or commission hereby agreed to be created. (c) To keep all of said books and property mentioned and described in exhibit "A”. and any renewals thereof or substitutions therefor belonging to the said party of the first part insured against loss or damage by fire in amount and in insurers satisfactory to the said Hastings Woman’s Club. �party of the first part with loss if any payable to the said Hastings Woman’s Club in accordance with their title and ownership therein. (d) It is understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that if said Board of Education of the school district of the city of Hastings, partjr of the second part neglects, fails, or refuses at any time to carry out the terms and conditions of this agreement, then and from thenceforth it shall and may be lawful for the said Hastings Womenfe* Club, their representatives or assigns or any person lawfully designated,by it or them to enter any place* or places where said property mentioned and described in schedule A. annexed hereto or any renewals thereof or substitution therefor or any part of it, is stored or kept and to repossess itself of the same or any part of it and to remove the same or any part of it or any additions substitutions therefor to any place it may deem advisable without opposition by the said Board of Education or its successors or assigns. It being expressly understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that the title in said property mentioned and described in schedule A. annexed hereto and any renewals thereof or substitutions therefor shall belong to and remain the property of the said Hastings Womens’ Club, party of the first part. (e) It is further mutually understood and agreed^ that in consideration of the fact that the Common Council of the city of Hastings in June 1917 decided to bear the expense of librarian service to the extent of at least one thousand dollars ($1000.00) annually; that the Womens’ Club voted their books and their annual active dues and that the Board of Education agreed.-to furnish suitable quarters, permit the use of the school library and make an annual appropriation of $200.00, that the general control of this library be left in the hands of a commission consisting of the Mayor of the city, the President of the Hastings Women's Club and the Superintendent of City Schools or persons appointed �(f) It is further understood that the said library commission when so- appointed shall hire a librarian, shall have the general charge and supervision of all of the books, library and property mentioned and described, in sbhedule "A", and that they shall make and establish such reasonable by-laws, rules and regulations as in their judgment shall be nesessary, proper and expedient for the maintenance of said library for the control of the use of the books of the same and for such other purposes as in their judgment shall be necessary and expedient for the proper maintenance of the same. (g) It is further mutually understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto, that in consideration of the said Hastings Women's Club part/of the first part, turning over to the said Board of Education, party of the second part, upon the terms and conditions hereinbefore specified, the property mentioned and described in schedule A. and that the said Board of Education will house same, will keep and maintain all of the books as in good condition as when taken, pay the expense of rebinding and cataloguing, housing, caring for and maintaining the same, will replace any books lost or destroyed, will keep the same insured with loss if any payable to the said Hastings Women's Club, and that it will in addition thereto consolidate said library with that, of the. school district of the city of Hastings, and that the library owned by said school district of the city of Hastings, shall be open to the same persons and used in the same way and made applicable to the general public in the same manner and shall be controlled by said library commission under the same rules and regulations as that herein provided in relation to the library of the Hastings Women's Club. In consideration whereof the Hastings Women's » Club has caused this instrument to be executed by its president and secretary pursuant to a resolution duly passed at a regular meeting thereoif and the Board of Education has caused there presents to be executed by its �president and secretary, in pursuance of a resolution duly passed by said Board of Education. HASTINGS WOMEN’S CLUB. By. By. President. Secretary. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HASTINGS, MICHIGAN. By. By. President. Secretary. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hastings Public Library's 125th Anniversary Subject The topic of the resource Public History--Michigan--Barry County Description An account of the resource Did you know the Hastings Public Library has been around in one form or another since 1896? It started out as the Women's Club Reading Room and over time, grew into the vital and vibrant public institution we all know and love. Look through this collection to learn about where it all started, see the how the efforts of so many helped the library grow, and have some fun seeing photos of the past. Type The nature or genre of the resource Image and text Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1896 - 2021 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Agreement Between the Women's Club and the Board of Education in Hastings Subject The topic of the resource Contracts Description An account of the resource Copy of the agreement between the Women's Club and the Board of Education in Hastings to place the Women's Club book collection in the new high school for both school and public use. Unfortunately the original signed agreement cannot be located. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Business letters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource unknown https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/8/175/Dibble_Image0050.jpg 10d036204201b63be137d90cda580c94 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: Flight Training Description An account of the resource James trained on a number of different planes in preparation to be a P-38 pilot. His training took place in California and Arizona in late 1942. He flew a P-38 similar to this one: [admin_image id=1,size=fullsize] See photos, documents and letters home during James' time in flight training. Be sure to look at the Chico and Luke Field yearbooks that were produced when his class graduated from those training facilities. Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Location The location of the interview Luke Field, AZ Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 4" x 5" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Air Cadet James Dibble at Luke Field, AZ Subject The topic of the resource James Dibble. Flight Training. Description An account of the resource Air Cadet James Dibble at Luke Field, CA. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photographic Section, Luke Field, AZ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 2022-01-18 Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/13/336/Dibble_Text0143.pdf f9a6a543a25cedcc22211d8e57c06794 PDF Text Text '. Page 3 1st Fighter News May 1993 Stan Wojcik Shot Down! In our January 1993 issue, we told how Cy Nolen was shot down, captured, and escaped. Now we have the story ofStan Wojcik, who was shot down on hisfirst mission, was captured, and wasfinally liberated by the Russians in 1945. He has additional data on the fate of his flight lead, Lt. Dibble. turn, pulling i up, saw smoke from Dibble's plane. I pulled up alongsid gside and above to see what he was doing. I saw no movement by him, just smoke and fire in the cockpit He may have been wounded or dead so I pulled away. I felt a couple of thuds, the plane’s nose section erupted On September 9,19431 was to go on a mission that was *n flames and smoke extending into the cockpit, blasting my head to provide cover for the invasion of Italy at Salerno. Prior to this and317115 wldl heat. I immediately pulled the release on the top I was one of a group of replacement P-40 pilots that were diverted, canopy and the slip stream blew it off. I had to pull my helmet off onAugust24, to the First Fighter Group, which was flying P-38’s because the headset wires and oxygen mask were attached. Istood and in need of pilots at Mateur. Having flown only single engine up, pushing backwards, and yvas sucked out and rolled off the at:about 2,000 feet. I waited to clearthe tail and pulled planes it was quite a shock to me, but once it wore off it became trailing edge at therip ripcord. cord. IIv a matter of survival. the was going over 300 mph and the chute opened with quite ajerk. Lookingdownlsawanopenfield.butlwasoverhigh " :tric wires. I slipped the chute by climbing up the shroud After a lot ofcockpit time, ground instruction and limited power elect! wires and anc before letting go of the shroud lines, I ;cd the wites manual information, I did takeoff and started to get used to the lines, missed •'und about twice the normal speed, somersaulted and plane. The only time wecould fly was when the squadron missions hit the groun >ut 100 feet. I didn’t break any bones, since I had my were over or not scheduled. This didn’t go over too well with the rolled about grout ind crew, but things got better. Our overuse of brakes for combat shoes on. taxiing was frownedI iupon. Test firing of guns over the Mediterranean added more] : problems for the armament keptfalling falling -------- oguys. _,_. IIkept off the ladder whil ile trying to climb up on an the plane, plane. Being 5'4", I always had a problem with short leg reach. Durir ing this time I constantly' practiced pra escape procedures. I also had ai tbad feeling of fire and bumi mning. Finally the orders came to move temporarily to Dittaino, Sicily. I was put in charge of squadron baggage, which was to be transported on a B-26 bomber. The landing at Sicily was downwind, on the wrong field, and the B-26 got stuck in the lava soil that couldn’tsupport the weight. We unloaded onto a truck and left the plane and the pilots with a bulldozer to move to solid ground. Later, in a P.O.W. camp, I met the B-26 co-pilot, who had been shot down on a bombing mission. His pilot was killed. He told me that after the problems at Dittaino, they returned to Africa after dark and were shot at by friendly fire, but landed OK. Italy capitulated, but the invasion was on. At the briefing before flight, we were told we would be given a target to strafe after ourpatrol. I was the wingman for J. Dibble, the flight leader, and we were to patrol the Pears area. The patrol at approximately 10,000 feet was uneventful. A ground controller radioed us a target; a motor convoy 30 miles inland of Agropoli of some 400 vehicles on a road between Pola and lagonegro, moving g north, north. While at 10,000 feet my tight helmet, with goggles and oxygen oxygen mask, was very uncomfortable, so I loosened my chin strap “ p and and mask on the way down to strafe, with combat flaps aps down and a prayer. We came in from the sun and made a run in a valley /alley in the mountains. Fired guns, lot of vehicles, racked into a 180 degree As I was getting out of my harness, I heard and saw a German soldier waving a gun, shouting; ;and motioning me to come in his direction. He was on the strafed road1 v" up on an embankment, My face and arms were burned and my eyes res felt seared, so I was having a hard time getting up the bank. He reached down and helped me up onto the road. He disarmed me and flag; agged down a jeep-type German vehicle with two other soldiers ins inside. I was ving with the seated in the front, and the air blast created by drivir time. Seeing windshield folded down was giving my face a roughi ti. thisdriver stopped and put the windshield up and offered me a cigarette. Theytook me to a flrst aid tent, but only checked me over briefly, then I was taken to German headquarters. The guard told a German officer, who was looking out a window, what had happened and who I was. The officer waved us on. I was taken to a school building that had medical facilities. My arms and face were bandaged and I spent that night in a hallway on some straw, with other wounded Americans. There were a lot of explosions during the night. The next day, in late afternoon, they put me and others in an ambulance to go north. A German soldier was making a fuss because my name was Polish, but he was pulled away. The drivers stoppedforabreak.evidentlytostretch their legs. The ambulance started to move, with no driver! There was a lot of yelling in the ambulance, and I tried to get out, but just banged my elbows. The driver ran up in time and ar got us stopped. (Continued) �Page 4 1st Fighter News May 1993 Stan Wojcik - Shot Down, Injured, Captured - Survived! (Continued) The next morning we arrived at another school that was medically equipped, and where there were more wounded Ameri cans, British and Germans. By then I was very lame and sore. They tried to change my bandages, but they stuck, dried to my bums. Finally, with a quick jerk, they pulled them off. I was getting weak, when I suddenly remembered it was my birthday. My sight was getting worse, and I spent that night lying on a stretcher, delirious off and on during the night. A German medic orderly did what he could. They moved us out the next day in the back of a truck,’ headed for Naples. During the trip some of the American guys got Jt grapes at the relief stops and squeezed them through my burned lips. We saw a lot of refugees, and when we got to Naples our aitals because of the t chaotic condi drivers couldn’t get to the hospitals tions due to partisan activities. We traveled through the night: tand came to the town of Casino, located below a monastery, and1 ■were put up in a church. ': ]past my The Germans got some pudding for me so I could get it lips. My sight was really bad. Someone went berserk,, and not being able to see much, I got upset. But an American wounded sergeant calmed me down. A German guard led me across the street to a German ran hospital. A German doctor checked my eyes and put ointment in them, and told an interpreter to tell me that my eyes would recover. They put us on an ambulance train and we headed north. As we passed through Rome the other wounded guys got stuff from the Italians at the station stops. I told them to take my escape money. Earlier, the German guards didn’t seem to know what to do about my escape kit and didn’t take it or my personal watch. A nurse on the train sharpened a hypo needle and gave me morphine. I could hardly see, I knew I was getting weaker, and the bandages were a mess. Finally, on September 18,1943, at a stop in Germany, I heard a lot of commotion and I was put on a stretcher. The bearers were running with me, so I knew I was in bad shape. I hoped they were taking me someplace where I could get some treatment. I heard a lot of German talk that I couldn’t understand, but I knew I was in a buildir ‘ When I woke up, I vaguely saw building. I’ passed out. a smiling nun with a white head dress standing ne lunwithawhite next to me, offering meadrink.:. I thought I was in heaven. Itookadrir I took a drink through a glass straw, and1 passed >sed out on again. When I woke up an English speaking nun said I had slept for 24 hours, and they were worried. She also told me I was in a Catholic convent, part of which had been made into a hospital for heart problems and skin problems, such as burns, frostbite, etc. Some of the nuns were also nurses and were all smiles because I had a crucifix on my dog tag chain and I was a Catholic. The doctor, a middle age man, was very professional and so were the civilian nurses. In the room with me was a badly burned B-25 pilot. He was in great pain and needed a lot of attention. Later in a P.O.W. ____ wounded soldiers. camp, in 1944, he was exchanged for German My eyes were improving up. My lips - and- my -bums were drying were a mess and tbey bad t0 cut jnt0 smap s]jlivers so I could 7^^ had burned all my clolhes because they \were full of maggOts. They gave me hospital type clothes and sli lippers to Wear. They had me up in a week, but I was lame. They gave me a German uniform stripped of insignia and walked me outside to get ready for travel. My eyes would fog up from the cool air. I was getting abscesses on my wrists, elbows and armpits. A guard came to take me to a P.O.W. camp, but the doctor saw how bad my abscesses were and said I couldn’t go. They gave me therapy machine treatments, but they finally had to lance my elbow and wrist. In two weeks I developed an abscess in my throat and the doctor sent a guard away again. It took a week with hot potato compresses around my neck before it broke. All this time 1 couldn’t eat or even swallow saliva. Although I was getting over the abscesses, I still wasn’t »ling well. The doctor checked me over, seeing the yellow skin feelir id the yellow in my eyes. He said I had yellow jaundice and was andu to> stay s'" in bed for five weeks. The nuns were overjoyed that I would ay with them longer. They gave me extra meat and milk and stay wrapped my body, around the liver area, with hot towels. The B-25 pilot was getting better, and seeing how he was always looked after, he wanted to become a Catholic. In a secret ceremony, in the room with a priest, nun and me as a sponsor, he became a Catholic. I might Jit add that all religious property was in COntrol of the German gove ivernment and the nuns’ and thej priest’s activities were restricted.. 1There was very little Gestapo1 activii activity j;--------------- . -u ... L------ t-.j the Russjan jn the hospital, but a soldier patient told us how bad the Russian front was and that Hitler should be hanged. It may have been a bait for any reaction. It was nearing Christmas time and I was over my jaun dice. Iwastoldlwouldn’tleaveuntilJanuary 1944, so I could look after the B-25 pilot until he was ready to travel. My burns had healed with no scars, but the B-25 pilot was a mess. His lips, eyelids, ears, arms, and face were badly scarred. He had lost most of the use of one arm. I fed him and bathed him when I was able. At Christmas we got packages with cakes, wine, and beer, the same as the German soldiers. I went to midnight Mass with an officer who was a patient. It was in the convent chapel and even the townspeople attended. We were taken for walks, always with a guard, and we saw a lot of the countryside. There were ■>. — They always took our shoes away plenty of shrines and villages. jught of escape, but never got any once we were inside. I thou contact. ( Continued) �Page 5 1st Fighter News May 1993 Stan Wojcik - Shot Down, Injured, Captured - Survived! (Continued) The convent/hospital was on the bank of the Danube, Our food consisted of barley, horse meat (that had been which was just a small stream, and about 75 miles from the border killed by strafing), potatoes, rutabaga, and Red Cross packages. I of Switzerland. An inspecting army major asked me about my was ration man for 9 P.O.W.’s that shared food. I was cook Polish ancestry, but I said only that my parents were bom in the (cooked in the room) for 6 months. Things got bleak toward the It United States and were United States citizens. I wasn’t interro- end. We got letters and packages from home. We saw a lot of headf for Berlin. We saw and heard British Mosquigated all the time I was a P.O.W. Of course, I didn’t know bombers heading anything. The rest of the soldier patients never mentioned any- toes beat up an airfield 3 miles away and shoot down a FW-190. lotof , night raids. One lasted all night, as they went thing. The B-25 pilot and I were in a small room, just the two of We heard a lot us. The patients would bring their wives and kids to see us as a after Peenemunde rocket station. We saw a lot of jet and a rocket novelty. lights lightsand andtrails trailsover overthe theBaltic. Baltic. We Wewere werenever neverbombed bombedor < strafed, even when the Russians were near. A lot of eastern German InmidJanuary, 1944, a guard showed up and escorted me refugees and Allied P.O.W.’s were fleeing the Russians. and the B-25 pilot to a British officer P.O.W. camp about a half day trip away by train. When we arrived I was given a French At the end there were a lot of rumors, of being\ sshot by the SS, uniform that looked likea World Warl type uniform. We were put or moving everybody west. But the main Russi sian thmst was in a camp medical dispensary. After 2 weeks I was put in a for Berlin, so the Germans decided to leave and left the camp to barracks with British and Canadians. The British fixed me up with us. Russians showed up in a few days and the agreement was a British uniform without any insignia. An American P-51 pilot finally made to fly about 9,000 of us out by B-17's and C-46’s was brought in also. The B-25 pilot stayed in the dispensary all the to France. time. We stayed at this camp until mid February of 1944. With two guards and a couple of boxes of food, we were taken to another camp for airman officers on the Baltic Sea (Stalag Luft 1), at the town of Barth. We traveled 3 days and 2 nightsson < civilian passenger trains. We stopped at a German equivalent it to our USO’s and guards would bring us beer at station stops. Thir hings started to look bad as we went through the northern cit ities. When we got to Berlin to change trains we saw fields of graves, ( burned out buildings, and rubble in the streets, The dam; raged railroad station was full of people, pushing and shoving,, tmilling around to get on trains. I saw a Coke machine; that shoo' rook me. There was noroom on theconnecting train, and we would have to wait until the next day. The guards didn’t want to spend the night in Berlin because of the RAF raids, and to our relief, they convinced the railroad station manager that the five of us could ride standing up in the baggage section of a car until space in one of the cars became available as people got off. Everything worked out and we had plenty of room. That evening young German boys; ccame aboard the train, Wc assumed that they were going to training ig camp. When we pgot to Straslund Naval Base we stayed over night ;ht in solitary cells. We ™® were treated by the base people with no animosity. We drank cold Ersatz coffee, as water was taboo. We arrived at Barth and walked three miles to the P.O. W. camp. We logged in, had our pictures taken, and two of us were assigned to a barracks in the old original camp compound. The B25 pilot was put in the camp dispensary and wouldjoin us later. We were close to the flak school where youths trained on radar. Stan ‘Wojcit —^*^7 Doorknob Five Two The January 1993 issue of the News included Robin Hansen’s skeptical review of the book, Doorknob Five Two. The author, Fredric Arnold, sent us copies of documents which, if valid, show that the major points of the book are true. The News does not assume responsibility for any review that we publish. Robin Hansen stands by his review. Fredric Arnold has resigned from the Association. The 1st Fighter News is a forum for veterans to tell their stories. The News is not an official record; we may expect people to have different recollections of what happened, and many events will remain forever obscure. 'The 'Editor � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: Killed in Action Description An account of the resource Typically pilots rotated home after their 50th mission. James took off for his 49th mission on Septemebr 9, 1943, and never returned. He was shot down on a straffing run near the town of Padula, Italy. Initially there was much confusion amongst the other P-38 pilots, and it was thought James survivied and may have been taken prisoner. Ultimately it was discovered that James had been shot down and then killed by German soldiers. James was ultiamtely brought home and buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Middleville, Michigan. See information on his gravesite at <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40312090/james-p-dibble" target="_blank" title="James P. Dibble's Gravesite" rel="noreferrer noopener">FindAGrave.com</a>. See reports, documents and letters around James' missing in action status and then the determination that he was killed in action. Included are letters from the Army to his wife Maxine and parents, newspaper clippings and local memorials. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> <ul><li> <ul><li><a href="http://omeka/collections/show/15"></a></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Printed newsletter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 Subject The topic of the resource James Dibble. Crash. Description An account of the resource 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. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Essay Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stan Wojcik Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. 1st Fighter Wing Association Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available 1st Fighter Wing Association Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 1/18/2022 https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/9/161/Dibble_Text0081.pdf d5cb7b5867d898bc802778f5a947dc7f PDF Text Text � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: Combat! Description An account of the resource James spent his combat time based out of North Africa and helped clear the way for the eventual invasion of Italy in 1943. He was a member of the 94th Air Squadron, <a href="https://www.1stfg.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1st Fighter Group</a>, and flew the famous twin-engined P-38. Learn more about the P-38 at: <ul><li><a href="http://www.aviation-history.com/lockheed/p38.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Aviation History online Museum</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_1pKiyOT5AhXUkIkEHWqSCb8QFnoECAMQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Ftechnology%2FP-38&usg=AOvVaw25-9_sOlkuv_UPtZBhV1Ma" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Britannica.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_1pKiyOT5AhXUkIkEHWqSCb8QFnoECAQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLockheed_P-38_Lightning&usg=AOvVaw0_UoxVGVbZOtad9vsjWvhW" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wikipedia</a><a href="http://www.aviation-history.com/lockheed/p38.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a></li> </ul> Don't miss the section titled Day of Armageddon recapping the events of August 30, 1943. This air battle over Italy ultimately earned James the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was lucky to survive - many pilots made the ultimate sacrifice. See photos, letters, mission reports and more about James' time spent in combat over Africa and Italy in 1942 and 1943. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. Dibble: World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/6">His Early Life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/7">High School into the Army Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/8">Flight Training</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/17">We Got Married!</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/9">Combat!</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/10">Mission Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/11">Letters Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/16">Flying with Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/12">The Day of Armageddon - August 30, 1943</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/13">Killed in Action</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/14">The Search for Answers</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/15">The Monument in Padula, Italy</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Assorted newspaper clippings about James Dibble shooting down a German Messerschmitt Subject The topic of the resource James Dibble. Combat. Description An account of the resource Assorted newspaper clippings mounted on a scrapbook page about James Dibble shooting down a German Messerschmitt. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 2022-01-18