The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous ...
The men were among 31 soldiers killed when their C-46 transport plane hit a cliff while attempting to land in Okinawa, Japan ...
Aug. 13, 1945 when their plane crashed during World War II. For years, only two victims had received Purple Hearts.
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) -- The families of five ... World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died ...
S Missouri, purple hearts were posthumously awarded ... Division Commander. The five recognized today were under the command of the 11th Airborne during World War II. “The Eleventh Airborne ...
Nearly eight decades later, five Hawaii soldiers who died near the end of World War II were honored in a Purple Heart ...
and the Purple Heart medal posthumously awarded to him, at Pearl Harbor, on Friday. The families of five Hawaii men who ...
(AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy) Wilfred Ikemoto, right, whose older brother Haruyuki Ikemoto posthumously received a Purple Heart medal after being killed in World War II ... five soldiers in a Counter ...