Todd Silverman collection

Collection — Container: Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0133 - Folder 1

Identifier: 06.0133

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection relates to Todd Silverman who served in the U.S. Navy as a radio and radar operator on PBY and PBM flying boats in the Pacific Theater Operation during World War II. The collection contains an oral history transcript and photographs.

Dates

October 28, 2005
Event: Majority of material found within 1943-1945
Other: Date accessioned: 2006-10-08

Creator

Silverman, Todd, 1925-2019 (Interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical / Historical

Todd Silverman was born on June 6th, 1925 in Wauchula, Florida. Silverman enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943, where he was stationed at Jacksonville Naval Air Station through the summer of 1943. He was also posted at the Yellow Water Gunnery School, North Island Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Banana River, Florida. Silverman served as a radio and radar operator on a PBY and later a PBM flying boat in the Pacific Theater Operation. He participated in the Battle of Okinawa as a member of the Crew 5-R, Unit VPB-21. His plane discovered and subsequently bombed the freighter The Fox Tare Charley in June 1945. During World War II, Silverman spent 1100 hours flying and 300 hours in combat. He received three Air Medals and a Distinguished Flying Cross. Silverman was discharged in April 1946. Following the war, he worked in construction and fruit packing until 1947. Then, using the GI Bill, Silverman attended Florida State University where he studied Business Administration. Silverman graduated in 1952 as a certified public accountant. In the 1960s, Silverman moved to Miami where he worked for the Internal Revenue Service. Todd Silverman passed away on May 26th, 2019 at the age of 93. He is buried at Wauchula Cemetery in Wauchula, FL.

Extent

1 folders (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Custodial History

This transcript is from the Reichelt Program for Oral History.

Subjects

Alameda Naval Air Station (Calif.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Chandeleur (Ship)
Corpus Christi (Tex.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Florida State University--Alumni and alumnae Subject Source: Local sources
Florida State University. School of Business Subject Source: Local sources
Honshū (Japan) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Kamikaze airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station (Hawaii) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Naval Air Station Banana River (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Naval Air Station Jacksonville (Fla.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Naval Air Station North Island (Calif.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Naval Station Puget Sound (Wash.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Okinawa Island (Japan) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Oral history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Radio--Receivers and reception. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ritchie, Louella
Tampa (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Typhoons Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Navy
Wauchula (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Japan Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings