Mel Edwards, ROTC Commissioning

Creation Date

1987

Decade

1980

Photographer

unknown

Subject

Jacksonville State University -- History, College students -- Alabama, Jacksonville State University -- Students, United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

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Description

Mel Edwards was awarded the General John H. Forney Award in 1987. Melvin Roy Edwards was an ROTC student at Jacksonville State University who was commissioned in the U.S. Army. He received a Bachelor of Science in Education with special honors in physical education. Shown is Mel Edwards during the bar pinning ceremony. (circa 1987)

Date Digitized

April 2022

Names of Persons Pictured

Melvin Roy Edwards, Mel Edwards [sic]

Source

ROTC Collection

Is Part Of

Historical Image Collection

Rights

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Location

The original printed photograph is contained within the ROTC Collection housed in the Library’s Alabama Gallery Special Collections.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/photocollection/rotc/master/scrapbk1_1951-92/ROTCscrapbk_1951-92_0-263d.jpg

Technical Metadata

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