From the December 8, 2014 Herald Tribune (Florida) "Pearl Harbor survivor dies at age 93."
John Schleicher, 93, died Saturday night. he waited 73 years to tell his family about his experiences that day. he was being interviewed for an oral history and suffered a stroke while doing it last Wednesday. he was sharing his story for the first time.
He was on the USS Pennsylvania which suffered 15 dead, 38 wounded and 14 missing. He was a storekeeper First Class and later served on the battleship USS New Jersey and participated in many big actions in the Pacific including the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
--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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