From the October 20, 2012, Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph "Merrimack resident, Pearl Harbor survivor William Lafabvre Sr. remembered as family man" by Erin Place.
Willima Lafabvre, 92, died October 14, 2012. he was a World War II and Korean War veteran.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in August 1941 and was on the battleship USS West Virginia that fateful day. While looking for a ride to church, he remembered, "When they got close enough I could see they had the big red circle. I couldn't believe it."
One of the first bomb blasts knocked him out of his clothes and into the oil-slick water. Eventually he was able to locate some more clothes in a supply depot.
Three days later, he was transferred to the USS San Francisco where he served for the rest of the war in which he fought in 17 of the 21 major Pacific Ocean battles.
He also served in the Navy during the Korean War and was discharged in 1954.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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