Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center
University
Archives
121 The Valley
Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone:
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Email:
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http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives
MSS
Silver
Silver, Edward D.
Edward D. Silver Military Service
Collection
1957-1964
0.2 cubic foot
1 box
The Edward D. Silver Military Service
Collection consists of materials assembled by Silver during his Air Force
training and service. Silver graduated from Oregon State College in 1957;
he joined the U.S. Air Force after graduation and was declared missing in
action in North Vietnam in 1968.
Materials
in
English.
Biographical Note:
Edward D. Silver enrolled at Oregon State College in 1952 and earned a
BS in science from Oregon State College in 1957; he was enrolled in the
Navy ROTC program at Oregon State. After graduation, Silver joined the
U.S. Air Force and served as a pilot instructor at Vance Air Force Base
and in Saudia Arabia. Silver was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 391st
Tactical Fighter Squadron. In 1968, Silver was declared missing in action
in North Vietnam.
Edward Dean Silver was born on February 2, 1934 in Batavia, Iowa. He
grew up in Junction City, Oregon, and graduated from Junction City High
School in 1952.
The Edward D. Silver Military Service Collection consists of materials
assembled by Silver during his training and service in the U.S. Air Force.
The collection includes patches, rank insignia, pilot wings, a Pilot
Flight Record and Log Book, driver's licenses for travel in Saudia Arabia,
an identification card booklet, an engraved plate, and a cloth ascot worn
with a flight suit. The patches, numbering about 40 total, were worn on a
flight suit and represented various Air Force squadrons and training units
such as the Combat Crew Training Wing and the Air Force Fighter Weapons
School. The collection also includes some biographical information about
Silver.
Collection is open for research.
Edward D. Silver Military Service Collection, Oregon State University
Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
The materials were donated to the Archives in 2010 by Donna Silver.
The
Reserve
Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Records (RG 058) consist of
materials documenting ROTC programs at Oregon State; extensive
photographic documentation of ROTC programs are available in the Military
Photographic Collection (P 002), Naval ROTC Photographs (P 253), and the
Air Force
ROTC Photographs (P 281). The Archives' holdings include several
collections of alumni or faculty that document the military or military
service:
Benjamin
D. Boswell Military Records,
Harvey L.
McAlister Collection,
Oregon
State Yank Collection,
Ulysses
Grant McAlexander Collection, and
Bill
Wilkins Papers.
Oregon State
University--Alumni and alumnae.
United
States. Air Force.
Fighter pilots--Training
of--United States.
Vietnam War,
1961-1975--Missing in action.
Military
Oregon
Corvallis
Artifacts