BISMARCK, N.D., Dec. 12 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer issued the following newsletter:
The Pentagon announced (https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/ID-Announcements/Article/4354847/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-ellingson-i/) it identified the remains of North Dakotan U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Ellingson, 80 years after his aircraft was shot down during a combat mission to Tokyo, Japan. While Ellingson survived the crash, he was held as a prisoner of war and perished in the Tokyo Military Prison during a fire.
Near the end of World War II, 62 American service members were held captive in Tokyo. Ellingson served as a radar observer aboard a Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" bomber assigned to 878th Bombardment Squadron, 499th Bombardme...