Ernest M. Sands is a North Dakota Republican Party

North Dakota Republican Party

The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...

 politician who served as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota

North Dakota

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

 under Allen I. Olson

Allen I. Olson

Allen Ingvar Olson is a Republican politician and attorney who served as the 28th Governor of North Dakota from 1981 to 1985. He defeated incumbent Arthur A. Link in the 1980 race for governor and served one term....

. Sands also served in the North Dakota Senate

North Dakota Senate

The North Dakota Senate is the upper house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly, smaller than the North Dakota House of Representatives.North Dakota is divided into between 40 and 54 legislative districts apportioned by population as determined by the decennial census...

from 1967 to 1970 and from 1973 to 1980.

Erest Sands served in the Army Air Force during WW II as a Bombardier for the 458th Bomb Group, 755th Squadron (B-24). On October 14, 1944, Ernest's plane was shot down over Cologne, Germany and he was able to evade capture for several days. Ernest was eventually captured and spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft III and Stalag VIIA untell he was repatriated by Pattons forces on April 29, 1945.