The men were among 31 soldiers killed when their C-46 transport plane hit a cliff while attempting to land in Okinawa, Japan ...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) -- The families of five Hawaii ... posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash ...
S Missouri, purple hearts were posthumously awarded to these five island sons ... They were never awarded the Purple Heart, that is until now. “Shame on us for not recognizing that before ...