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

Nashville News Published 1881. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1978. 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 1924. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from the Hastings Public Library Board to the City Mayor recommending purchase of the post office for a new library building.

Newspaper clipping announcing James will soon be a pilot.

Air Cadet James Dibble at Luke Field, CA.

Hastings Banner Published 2025. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

James Dibble's Air Corps training graduation photograph.

James' "Short Snorter" $1 bill signed by, among others, Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI Ace and Carl Spatz, General and Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, 1944.

According to the Air Mobility Command Museum, the Short Snorter was "paper currency signed by people you were flying with or people you met. If someone signed your short snorter and you couldn't produce it upon request, you owed him a dollar or a drink "a short snort." (https://amcmuseum.org/collections/short-snorter/)

Speech by Col. John T. Hanton at Lt. James Dibble's monument dedication in Padula, Italy.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 14, 1943.

Nashville News Published 1885. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1890. 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, August 26, 1943.

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

James at High School Graduation from Hastings High School, Hastings, Michigan.

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

Hastings Banner Published 2022. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

James Dibble (right) and his brother Bill, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Hastings Banner Published 1962. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

U.S. Air Force Colonel Michael Dredla from Aviano Air base speaking at James Dibble's monument dedication ceremony.

Proposed Citation for the 1st Fighter Group including the 94th Air Squadron.

Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his parents.

Bill Dibble, James' younger brother, at the crash site.

Maple Valley News Published 2003. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Republican (Hastings Banner) Published 1860. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Letter from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky).

Hastings Banner Published 1975. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

James Dibble in uniform.

Hastings Banner Published 1925. 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.

Sun and News Published 2009. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1933. 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.

Sun and News Published 1994. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1872. 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 1978. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Distinguished Flying Cross Certificate Awarded to James Dibble.

Maple Valley News Published 1994. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Notes from Pilot Capt. Charlie McCann on the photo of him flying his P-38 "Lady Beverly"

Hastings Banner Published 1972. 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.

A chronological list of key dates in the history of the Hastings Public Library from 1893 through 2021.

Photograph of the initial school library and the main desk.

Republican (Hastings) Banner Published 1858. 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.

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.

Nashville News Published 1958. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Herald published 1905. 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, August 1 to August 2, 1943.

Nashville News Published 1941. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.