‘Love your family’: Horry Co. WWII vet turns 108, reflects on life lessons

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — In May of 2023, ABC15 did a story on a collection of World War II-era newspapers being donated to the North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum.

That was the first time we introduced our viewers to Gus Preno.

ABC15 was there as he read the papers and stories he’d never seen before, only lived. At the time, Gus was 106 years old, still sharp as a tack as he recounted D-Day in fascinating detail…

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