Martin Lapera
Martin Carrera Lapera, 93, of Walkersville, Maryland passed peacefully on October 7, 2017 at Frederick Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Born on November 11, 1923, in Waialua, Hawaii, he was the son of the late Alberto and Maria Lapera. He grew up in Waimanalo, Hawaii in a large, close-knit and happy family. He attended Waimanalo Elementary School. As a young man he worked handling munitions at Fort Shafter, Hawaii through most of World War II and vividly remembered the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In late 1945 he enlisted…
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