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Hastings Banner Published 1984. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Bull Diaries Book 12

Maple Valley News Published 2013. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in Chico, CA during basic training to his mother.

Statement from James Dibble about Lt. Cram, shot down on August 30, 1943.

Luke Field Flight Training Graduation Booklet for Jim Dibble's Class 42-K

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

Note the name change to the Hastings Republican Banner.

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

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 23, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1870. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Memorial Service Program held at Hastings High School in 1946 honoring 27 Hastings residents who died in World War II.

Hastings Banner Published 1915. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 6, 1943.

Nashville News Published 1913. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Republican (Hastings) Banner Published 1857. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

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

Newspaper clipping announcing James will soon be a pilot.

Hastings Banner Published 1921. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Hastings Banner Published 1890. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Hastings Banner Published 1864. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Maple Valley News Published 1984. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

James' Senior Photo from Hastings High School, Hastings, Michigan.

Nashville News Published 1945. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his parents.

Letter from Maxine in Phoenix, AZ, to James' parents

Hastings Banner Published 1965. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Nashville News Published 1907. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1884. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 29, 1943.

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

Letter to Stan Wojcik's father informing him of Stan's missing in action status.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 5 to August 6, 1943.

Hastings Herald published 1904. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

P-38 pilot Capt. Charlie McCann (right), Tech Sgt. Gene Pillar the crew chief (left), and "Lady Beverly"

Hastings Banner Published 2014. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Bull Diaries Book 10

Hastings Banner Published 1930. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Hastings Banner Published 2021. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.
Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Nashville News Published 1946. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 1 to July 3, 1943.

Sun and News Published 2004. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1917. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Maple Valley News Published 1998. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1996. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Letter from Jim Dibble to Tom Brokaw about his uncle James Dibble. The letter was later printed in Brokaw's 1999 book The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections, p. 69.

Nashville News Published 1888. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 20 to June 24, 1943.

Notes from George Smith clarifying events of August 30, 1943. Some of these documents are from other pilots with George's edits.

Hastings Banner Published 1952. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Nashville News Published 1962. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in Santa Ana, CA during primary training to his mother.