WWII Soldiers Posthumously Receive Purple Heart Medals 79 Years After Fatal Plane Crash
![Wilfred Ikemoto holds a photo of his older brother, Haruyuki Ikemoto.](https://news.cibassoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ApNewsroom_WWII-Purple_Heart_37814.jpg)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final days of the conflict. “I […]