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Hastings Banner Published 2007. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Hastings Banner Published 1875. 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. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Maple Valley News Published 1977. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1947. 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 1933. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Example of a Ryan PZ-22 James Dibble trained on. This was the primary training plane.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Hastings Banner Published 2013. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Nashville News Published 1918. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1974. 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 1894. 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 1941. 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 2005. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Maple Valley News Published 2019. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

1941: James (right) and his brother Bill in Chicago soon after James graduated High School.

Hastings Banner Published 1981. 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 1956. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Newspaper clipping reporting James and Maxine's stay in Glendale, CA.

Letter from Maxine in Glendale, CA, to James' parents.

An article in the From Time to Time series. This was the final article in a series about Mr. Bull. Date published is unknown but estimated to be July 1992. Note tis document is not searchable and was scanned some time ago. The very bottom of the page is cut off.

Copy of a letter from Raymond Schultz to Jim Dibble talking about James and their friendship in 1943.

Letter from librarian Helene Fairchild to Hastings city parents encouraging them to use and encourage their children to use the library.

Nashville News Published 1959. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1924. 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.

Jim Dibble with Padula citizens at his uncle's monument dedication ceremony.

Hastings Banner Published 1912. 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 fragment from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky).

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

Letter to Maxine Dibble with options for bringing James Dibble back to the U. S. for burial.

Hastings Banner Published 1896. 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.

Account from Lt. Robert Vrilakas' memoir about the events of August 30, 1943

Nashville News Published 1898. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter to Maxine Dibble informing of her of where James Dibble is buried in Italy.

Email from Lt. Jack Pettus to Jim Dibble about the August 30, 1943 mission.

Jim Dibble's account of his uncle James Dibble's life and the search for answers into the details of his death.

Hastings Banner Published 1956. 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 and Maxine at High School Graduation from Hastings High School, Hastings, Michigan. Other students in background unknown.

Letter from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky). He tells her here about being recommended for the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Hastings Banner Published 1960. 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 1923. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Maple Valley News Published 1979. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1901. 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.

Notes from Lt. Frank McIntosh clarifying events of August 30, 1943.

94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas and his Distinguished Flying Cross from the August 30, 1943 mission

12 year old James with his dog Nan.

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Fe-Hu

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

Excerpt from The Reminder listing names of former Hastings High School students who died in World War II.

Pilots of the 94th Fighter Squadron