World War II Honoree

Earl Bevlin Watkins

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

London, Kentucky

Honored By

Tamera A. Watkins

Relationship

Daughter-in-law

SERVED ON VARIOUS VESSELS, MOSTLY MINESWEEPERS. SERVED ON THE USS QUAIL. HE WAS PART OF A GROUP OF 18 MEN WHO ESCAPED FROM CORREGIDOR WHEN THE JAPANESE CAPTURED THE ISLAND AND SAILED AN OPEN 36 FOOT BOAT TO AUSTRALIA. THE GROUP WAS LED BY REAR ADMIRAL JOHN H. MORRILL, WHO LATER WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE ESCAPE CALLED 'ESCAPE FROM CORREGIDOR.'