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Mourned by nieces who never knew him, long-missing WWII soldier buried at Fort Snelling They only knew Uncle Billy from letters and stories. After 77 years, his family welcomed him home.  July 16, 2021 8:58pm Text size Copy shortlink: As a kid, Kathy Salisbury Massie would visit her grandmother s house just south of Lake Harriett, go to the attic and spend time with the uncle she d never met. In the attic were Uncle Billy s Army trunk, and Uncle Billy s Purple Heart, and nearly 50 letters Uncle Billy had sent home from World War II. Second Lt. William H. Melville of the U.S. Army Air Forces, a 1941 graduate of Roosevelt High School, had died at age 20 in a plane crash over the island of New Guinea in 1943. His remains were never found. As the little girl read through those letters, though, Uncle Billy came alive: his love of flying, his desire to get married, and his excitement to meet his new niece. I … wonder

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