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Sun and News Published 2020. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Mc-Ri

Children with a giant Connect Four game, one of several outdoor games set up at Thornapple Plaza celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Library.

James on his Wedding Day in Phoenix, AZ.

Hastings Banner Published 2016. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

P-38 pilot Capt. Charlie McCann (left), Tech Sgt. Gene Pillar the crew chief, and "Lady Beverly", McCann's plane named for his sweetheart and eventual wife

Newspaper clipping listing James Dibble as missing in action.

Sun and News Published 1999. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1988. 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 reporting James' gifts to his parents for Mother's and Father's Day.

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

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.

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

P-38 pilot Lt. Frank McIntosh and his P-38 "Little Mae"

Hastings Banner Published 2001. 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.

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

Hastings Banner Published 1950. 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 2010. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from the Department of the Army to James' nephew Jim summarizing what they knew of James' death.

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

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

Hastings Banner Published 1867. 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 2022. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Maple Valley News Published 2018. 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.

Hastings Banner Published 1868. 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 1911. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

In February, 1900, the members of the Hastings Women�s Club met to celebrate the �End of a Century.� Ten came dressed in the fashion popular in one of the century�s decades. Pictured above from left to right are:
Sitting: Mrs. Frank (Nettie) Brooke (1830) and Mrs. John Lombard (1820)
Standing: Mrs. James Sweezy (1800), Mrs. Richard (Allie) Bates (1840), Mrs. P.T. (Rose) Colgrove (1850). Mrs. Carrie Grant (1860), Mrs. William W. (Margaret) Potter (1870), Mrs. Charity Stauffer (1880), Mrs. Arthur Brown (1890), Mrs. Maggie Bailey (1900)

Newspaper article in the From Time to Time series describing the 1800's at Bull's Prairie. Note this document is not searchable and was scanned into PDF some years ago.

Newspaper clipping mentioning James' mother Mrs. James Dibble being appointed to a war memorial committee.

Hastings Banner Published 1946. 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 1995. 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.

Photo of a boot heel, top side with ruler, found at the crash site. It is USA made and most likely belonged to James Dibble.

James Dibble (standing, left) at the Fleischmann Lab where he was sent from Chicago for training in yeast.

Excerpts from The Reminder recapping articles from the Banner and discussing changes to the memorial fountain over the years.

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

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 6 and June 7, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 2006. 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.

General Twining presenting an Air Medal to 94th Fighter Squadron pilot Lt. Robert Vrilakas

Newspaper clipping showing flying school trainees in review before the base commander. James Dibble is somewhere in the upper picture. He included this to his parents with his letter from September 17, 1942.

Hastings Banner Published 1983. 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.

42nd Wing Daily Summary for August 30, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1931. 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 Herald published 1913. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1897. 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).

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Letter from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky). He tells her here what it's like to be a pilot in a tough spot. It's about the mission he flew on August 9, 1943.

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

Statement from Stanton Opdahl about Lt. Woodard, shot down on August 30, 1943.