Family, friends, and motorcyclists gather to transport remains of WWII veteran

WWII combat veteran arrives home to North Dakota, 81 years after death

GRAND FORKS — Eight decades after his death, Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Ellingson of the U.S. Army Air Corps returned to North Dakota Thursday and was celebrated during a ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park. Hundreds of veterans, community members, elected officials and members of the Ellingson family attended the event, which was preceded by an escort of Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association members. “The circumstances of his capture and death, and th…

More than 80 years after his death, World War II airman gets his North Dakota homecoming

FARGO — A North Dakota son who served his country with courage and valor in World War II has finally come home. The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Ellingson had an escort by law enforcement and veterans on motorcycles from the Fargo Air Museum to Grand Forks on Thursday, June 18, as part of a three-day celebration of his life. On April 14, 1945, Ellingson was working as a radar operator aboard a B-29 Superfortress, his 16th …

Family, friends, and motorcyclists gather to transport remains of WWII veteran

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Friends, family members, and about two hundred motorcyclists came together to remember their lost loved one, Staff Sergeant Irvin Ellingson. The homecoming set off seventy miles to Grand Forks. “Well, the plane came in 15 minutes early from Minneapolis, and that set the tone. Irvin wanted to come back to North Dakota. And after 84 years, his family now will be waiting for him to come back, and it’s such a surreal feeling,” s…