CAPTAIN BIANCHI RETURNS HOME

Captain Willibald Bianchi returned home to New Ulm Friday evening 85 years to the day he left for military service.  A plane carrying Bianchi’s casket landed at MSP airport.  There was a dignified transfer of the casket to a hearse and then a procession returned to New Ulm.  KNUJ’s Jim Bartels was along to and from the airport…

Saturday, May 2 a visitation gathering will be held at the New Ulm National Guard Readiness Center across from Menards starting at 10 am with a military tribute speech ceremony at 11.  A graveside service and full military honors will be at noon in the Soldiers Rest Section of the New Ulm City Cemetery followed by a reception at the Readiness Center.