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Nashville News Published 1952. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 1990. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

The 125th Anniversary Library Display Showcasing The Reminder Newspaper Covers About the Library and Book Titles From the original Women's Club of Hastings Reading Room. Created by Barbara Haywood.

English translation of letter from Centrale Ufficio Investgativo in Salerno, Italy to Jim Dibble.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Newspaper article celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Hastings Public Library.

Nashville News Published 1957. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Assorted newspaper clippings mounted on a scrapbook page about James Dibble shooting down a German Messerschmitt.

Maple Valley News Published 1982. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1927. 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 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.

The crash site in the Padula Valley with markers for plane parts. Red flags show where parts are thought to be buried based on metal detector scans.

Maple Valley News Published 2002. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 2017. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Newspaper notice of formal creation of the Hastings Public Library by issuance of an Ordinance by the City Council on December 23, 1963.

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/)

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.

Hastings Banner Published 1863. 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 10, 1943.

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

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Nashville News Published 1905. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1935. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Letter from Jim Dibble to John Arndt, American Consul in Naples, Italy.

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.

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.

12 year old James with his dog Nan.

The plaque on James Dibble's Monument.

Hastings Banner Published 1958. 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.

Newspaper clipping announcing a tribute to war dead at Hastings High School.

Letter from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky). He tells her here about receiving the Air Medal.

Children playing in the foam at Thornapple Plaza celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Library.

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

James Dibble's Monument in Padula, Italy.

Nashville News Published 1966. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Lt. Frank Mcintosh's account of August 30, 1943. Written in the 1990's.

Bull Diaries Index, Weddings and Anniversaries Listed by Last Name Alphabetically A-Kr

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 12, 1943.

Notes from Charles McCann clarifying events of August 30, 1943.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, May 21 and May 22, 1943.

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 North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky).

Translated extract from a German book with observations from their perspective of the August 30, 1943 air battle. Unknown translator. Citation: Dr. Jochen Prien, Jagdgeschwader 53, Vol II (Atglen, Penn.: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1997), pp. 675-76

Letter from James at Luke Field, AZ during advanced training to his mother.

Bull Diaries Index Volume 2, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Ho-Un

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