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Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in the Ledger-Enquirer out of Columbus, Georgia.

Derek John DuHoux (“Hooty”), age 34, of Clara City, Minnesota, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at the St. Cloud Hospital due to complications from injuries sustained in an airplane crop dusting accident on July 25, 2023. Derek was an Army veteran, Captain, AH-64D Apache helicopter pilot and commander, crop duster pilot, first responder, and American Legion member.

“It shows tremendous courage,” said Columbus Fire & EMS Marshal John Shull.

Plebe Summer is underway at the US Naval Academy, where 1,184 young men and women grind through the second week of their “college” experience, complete with obstacle courses, firearms and fully-clothed plunges into the Chesapeake Bay. These determined young people represent one element of the All-Volunteer Force, which marked its 50th anniversary this year after military conscription ended in 1973. It is ...

Plebe Summer is underway at the US Naval Academy, where 1,184 young men and women grind through the second week of their “college” experience, complete with obstacle courses, firearms and fully-clothed plunges into the Chesapeake Bay. These determined young people represent one element of the All-Volunteer Force, which marked its 50th anniversary this year after military conscription ended in 1973. It is ...