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Article: David Preus, fighter pilot, lawyer, and lover of the land; The WWII vet practiced law in Minneapolis. He later bought land along the St. Croix and preserved it via a trust.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Byline: SUSAN FEYDER; STAFF WRITER
David Preus was just a freshman at Yale College in 1941 when he left school, enlisted in the Army and began training to become a pilot. Members of his family say it was simply the urge to be part of the building war effort.
He proved to be something of a daredevil, even in his own accounts of the war years. At a gathering of World War II vets last summer in Charleston, S.C., he recounted one of his first flights. "I was nipping the clouds and having a good time. I decided to see how fast I could make the plane go, so I did what is called a split 's' and headed toward the ground," Preus said in a story published by the ...
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