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MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) — The recovered remains of a World War II pilot were buried in Maine on Saturday more than 70 years after his body was lost in Europe’s

Relatives from across the country gathered in Millinocket, Maine, to honor the life of US Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ernest N. Vienneau more than 70 years after his body was lost in the Adriatic Sea..

U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ernest N. Vienneau was laid to rest next to his parents at Saint Martin of Tours Cemetery in Millinocket.

Relatives from across the country gathered in Millinocket to honor the life of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ernest N. Vienneau, who was 25 when a bomber on which he served as co-pilot came under fire over present-day Slovenia on Nov. 6, 1944.

Before the funeral, many of his nieces and nephews — and grand and great grand nieces and nephews — who had flown in from all over the country, and many of whom had never met each other, were looking at photos and trying to recall stories about the Millinocket boy who liked to pick blueberries and go skiing.

MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) — The recovered remains of a World War II pilot were buried in Maine on Saturday more than 70 years after his body was lost in Europe’s Adriatic Sea. Relatives from across the country gathered in Millinocket to honor the life of U.S.