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Group photograph of Company "D", 537th Quartermaster Battalion taken in England in 1943. Included in the group is Veodis Watkins of Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Metal nametag for Veodis Watkins, a soldier during World War II from Hopkinsville Kentucky.

Metal United States Army issued dog tag for Veodis Watkins. Inscribed with the name and address for Rachel Kendrick, Mr. Watkins mother. Mr. Watkins joined the Army in 1943 reporting to Camp Joseph Robertson in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Black and white photograph of Veodis Watkins taken overseas during his service in the Army.

Handwritten document outlining Veodis Watkins Army service including basic training, deployment in Europe during World War II and discharge.

Sepia toned photograph of Veodis Watkins taken while he was a student in the second grade of Booker T. Washington Elementary School, Hopkinsville Kentucky.

Veodis Watkins' completed application for National Service Life Insurance, Veterans Administration insurance form 350, Rev. Sept. 1942.

Discharge papers for Veodis Watkins, Sergeant in the 3227th Quartermaster Service Company. Includes certificate of honorable discharge, enlistment record and separation report and separation qualification report. Records show Mr. Watkins…

Photocopy of the death certificate for Gilbert Hooks, great grandfather of donor. The certificate states Hooks was killed by a gunshot wound through the stomach and kidney in 1913.

Photograph of a portrait of Gilbert Hooks. The original portrait was destroyed in a fire in 1990.