![WWII soldiers posthumously receive Purple Heart medals 79 years after fatal plane crash WWII soldiers posthumously receive Purple Heart medals 79 years after fatal plane crash](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/wirestory_003fc875a547f3a5d443e5e4492e62c2_4x3_384.jpg)
The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II have received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the fina…