From the April 19, 2013 Sheboygan (Wi) Press "'Chief' Scheusner was one of two Pearl Harbor survivors in Shebotgan County."
Known as Schleu, Bud or Dutch, but Chief most often. He spent 40 years in the U.S. Navy and became a chief petty officer.
Harold Schleusner, 93, died March 29, 2013. He was one of just two Pearl Harbor survivors remaining in Sheboygan County. Stuart "Bud" Sweeney of Plymouth is the other one.
Schleau grew up in Bruce, Wisconsin, and joined the Navy at age 18 and served as an aviator machinist. He was 21 when Pearl Harbor was attacked and sleeping in his barracks when the attack came. Awakened by his comrades. He recalled that the Japanese planes were flying so low it seemed that you could grab just about anything and throw at them.
--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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