John Tokarewich
Bartlett, Illinois
The USS Laffey survived five kamikaze strikes and four bomb hits off Okinawa during World War II. It is now a museum ship at Patriot’s Point, Charleston, South Carolina. John’s 1/350 scale model of DD-724 is a Dragon kit at heart with weapons, bridge equipment, anchor chain, bell, and photo-etched details from Alliance, L’Arsenal, Squadron, and Northstar sets. The mast stays are EZ Line, and the halyards are fly fishing line.