https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/13/333/Dibble_Text0130.pdf 1a5b935f6450a654b78ba4a978558327 PDF Text Text Office IN REPLY REFER TO ffiGMR 293 WAR DEPARTMENT Quartermaster General of the WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Dibble, James P. SN 0-733 844 Address Reply To THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL Attention: Memorial Division 18 March 1947 Mrs. James E. Dibble 402 East, Green Street Hastings, Michigan Dear Mrs. Dibble: Your Tetter concerning your son, the late First Lieutenant James P'. Dibble, has been received in this office. >rt of The official Report _ Burial discloses that the remains of your son were interred in Plot IK, Row 8, Grave 90, in the United States Miliited in Naples, Italy. tary Cemetery Naples, local )ve, at GovernThe War Department has now been authorized to remoi restii place designated by the ment expense, to the final resting 1 next of kin, the remains off those American citizens cj who died while serving s: overseas with our armed forces during this war. When the necessary preliminaires have been completed, a "Letter of Inquiry — Return of World War II Dead" will be sent to the next of kin of those American dead. The response to this letter will con stitute a formal expression of the next of kin’s detailed desires. Since letters to next of kin will be dispatched automatically and ac cording to the records here, communications with this office iregarding this subject will not be necessary. The necessity for complei 3te co ordination of movement in many parts of the world makes it aimpossible, at this time, to estimate when this letter will be mailed, Responses to them will be acted upon with a minimum of delay. There are two national cemeteries in the vicinity of Washington, D. C., in -riaich grave space is available. These are the Soldiers’ Home National Cemetery, Washington, D. 0., and Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia. The nearest national cemetery to Hastings, Mich igan, is the New Albany National Cemetery, Jay Street and Ekin Avenue �QMGMR 293 Dibble, James P. SN 0-733 844 18 March 1947 Cont'd New Albany, Indiana. At the time your son's remains are to be return ed to the United States a request may be made that the body be shipped direct to the national cemetery selected by the next of kin, and the superintendent concerned will be authorized to permit the interment. You may be present at the time of interment. The Secretary of War, pursuant ?suant to the authority given him in Sec tion 4, Public Law 383, 79th Congress, congress, has i established an order of priority among the next of kin in which their desires concerning the disposition of decedent's remains will be honored. iur-son was married -at-the- time of hisIn the instant case, since yom >Le, is entitled to direct disposition death, his widow, Mrs. Maxine Dibble irried or voluntarily waives her right of his remains unless she has remarri to give such directions. Please accept my sincere sympathy in the loss of your son. Sincerely yours /$&•&£> L. PRENN / Major, Q4C / Memorial Division 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. 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. 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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 letter 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 Letter to James' mother with information on bringing James back to the U. S. for burial Subject The topic of the resource Mrs. James Dibble. Correspondence. Description An account of the resource Letter to James' mother with information on bringing James back to the U. S. for burial. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Burial notice Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Major James L. Prenn Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/18/1947 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