Miami Beach Senior High School Yearbook
Dublin Core
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.
Publisher
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 December 31, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6922.