In Memory OfDKC John J. Zebratski

DKC John J. Zebratski, 105, U.S. Navy, born May 20, 1915, passed away on August 11, 2020. Prior to WWII, Zebratski was a Storekeeper aboard the USS Prairie (AD-15) in the Atlantic, keeping inventory of machine parts and general supplies. After Pearl Harbor, he was sent to the Pacific on the USS Essex (CV-9) as a 20mm Battery Officer and was nearly killed by a Kamakazi. Lastly, Zebratski sailed to the Bikini Atoll aboard the USS Bairoko (CVE-115), helping test the effects of H-bombs on Naval vessels. Fair winds and following seas, Shipmate! Til Valhalla, Brother!