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Report by British forces of the finding of James Dibble's body in Padula and its relocation to a nearby cemetery.

Sun and News Published 2012. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 2018. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Wife of Vito Cimino who buried James after his plane crash. Vito and his brother Palo were ordered by the Germans to bury James.

Bull Diaries Book 15

Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his mother.

Nashville News Published 1936. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

List of Hastings, Michigan veterans who died in World War II.

Hastings Herald published 1901. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sketch Drawing of Herbert Field

Letter from Jim Dibble to the State Department seeking assistance to research James Dibble's crash site in Italy.

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

Sun and News Published 1998. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 15, 1943.

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

Letter from James at Luke Field, AZ during advanced training to his parents with news of his pending marriage.

Hastings Banner Published 1998. 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 10, 1943.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 13, 1943.

Nashville News Published 1912. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his mother.

Hastings Banner Published 1923. 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 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.

Bull Diaries Book 11

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

Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his mother.

Hastings Banner Published 1922. 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.

Encounter report from August 30, 1943 for the 27th Fighter Squadron.

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

Order awarding Lt. Dibble the 8th and 9th Oak Leaf Clusters for his Air Medal for downing two Me. 109s.

Hastings Banner Published 1991. 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 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.

Nashville News Published 1903. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1992. 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.

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

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 25 to July 27, 1943.

Hastings Herald published 1903. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 1986. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 1991. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 9, 1943.

Michigan Central Railroad Crash photos from 1914-05-28, outside Nashville, MI

Report of investigation of James Dibble's death and reburial, with map.

Speech by Jim Dibble, James Dibble's nephew, at the monument dedication.

Bull Diaries Book 6

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 11 and June 12, 1943.

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

Photograph of head librarian Barb Furrow, 1984-2007.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 18 to July 20, 1943.

James (left), Bill (right) and their father James (center) at the family farm.

Bull Diaries Book 14