Miami Beach Senior High School Yearbook

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Title

Miami Beach Senior High School Yearbook

Alternative Title

Miami Beach HS Yearbook

Subject

Miami Beach (Fla.)
Schools

Description

A page from the yearbook of Miami Beach Senior High School in Miami Beach, Florida. A notable individual shown on this page is Captain Lee Silver (ca. 1922-1945). Capt. Silver was born to in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Herman Silver and Bertha Silver, around 1922-1923. His parents were Herman Silver and Bertha Silver. By 1940, the Silver family had migrated to Miami, Florida, where Lee attended Miami Beach Senior High School. During World War II, Capt. Silver served in Company G, of the 42nd Infantry Division (42ID)'s 232rd Infantry Regiment. He died near the Haardt Mountains of France on February 23, 1945, and was awarded a Silver Star and a Purple Heart. Capt. Silver is currently buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France, with a Star of David headstone, indicating Jewish heritage.

Source

Digital reproduction of original yearbook page: (Miami Beach, FL: Miami Beach Senior High School, 1940). http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1265&h=99580447&ssrc=pt&tid=89418910&pid=46594276673&usePUB=true.

Date Created

ca. 1940

Date Copyrighted

1940

Date Issued

1940

Is Part Of

Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

image/jpg

Extent

268 KB

Medium

1 yearbook page

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami Beach, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher

Provenance

Originally published by Miami Beach Senior High School.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by Miami Beach Senior High School and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Contributing Project

Epinal Cemetery Project

Curator

Blount, Ryan
Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

External Reference

"Capt Lee Silver." Find A Grave. Accessed March 20, 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=silver&GSfn=lee&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GScntry=7&GSob=n&GRid=56375510&df=all&.
"Lee Silver." National Archives and Records Administration. Accessed March 20, 2016. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTHZ-V67.
Daly, Hugh C. 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division; A Combat History of World War II. Baton Rouge, La: Army & Navy Pub. Co, 1946. https://archive.org/details/42ndRainbowInfantryDivisionACombatHistoryOfWorldWarIi.

Citation

Ryan Blount, “Miami Beach Senior High School Yearbook,” RICHES, accessed November 21, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6922.

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