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| Name | Daniel K. Inouye |
| Address | 300 Ala Moana Boulevard Room 7-212
Honolulu, Hawai'i 96850-4975, United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | http://inouye.senate.gov |
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September 07, 1924
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| Died | December 17, 2012
(88 years)
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Modifed | David
Sep 07, 2020 08:47am |
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| Info | Daniel Ken "Dan" Inouye
Senator Daniel K. Inouye was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 7, 1924, and was named after a Methodist minister who had adopted his mother.
Young Dan Inouye attended Honolulu public schools and earned pocket money by parking cars at the old Honolulu Stadium and giving haircuts to fellow students. Most of his earnings were spent on a flock of homing pigeons, a postage stamp collection, parts for crystal radio sets and chemistry sets.
On December 7, 1941, the fateful day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 17-year-old Dan Inouye was one of the first Americans to handle civilian casualties in the Pacific war. He had taken medical aid training and was pressed into service as head of a first-aid litter team. He saw a "lot of blood" and did not go home for a week.
In March 1943, 18-year-old Dan Inouye, then a freshman in pre-medical studies at the University of Hawaii, enlisted in the U.S. Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the famed "Go For Broke" regiment.
Dan Inouye spent 20 months in Army hospitals after losing his right arm. On May 27, 1947, he was honorably discharged and returned home as a Captain with a Distinguished Service Cross (the second highest award for military valor), Bronze Star, Purple Heart with cluster and 12 other medals and citations.
With financial assistance from the G.I. Bill, Inouye graduated from the University of Hawaii and the George Washington University Law School. Then, he returned to Hawaii and served as a Deputy Public Prosecutor for the city of Honolulu. He broke into politics in 1954 with his election to the Territorial House of Representatives. He later won election to the Territorial Senate.
When Hawaii became a state on August 21, 1959, Daniel Inouye won election to the United States House of Representatives as the new state's first Congressman. He was reelected to a full term in 1960. Elected to the United States Senate in 1962, Inouye is currently serving his seventh consecutive term in the Senate.
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| HI US Senate - Appointment - Dec 26, 2012 |
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Colleen Hanabusa |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 05, 2010 |
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Elena Kagan |
| HI District 1 - Special Election - May 22, 2010 |
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Colleen Hanabusa |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 06, 2009 |
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Sonia Sotomayor |
| US Attorney General - Feb 02, 2009 |
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Eric Holder |
| AK US Senate - Nov 04, 2008 |
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Ted Stevens |
| HI US President - D Caucus - Feb 19, 2008 |
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Hillary Clinton |
| US President - D Primaries - Jun 03, 2008 |
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Hillary Clinton |
| CT US Senate - Nov 07, 2006 |
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Ned Lamont |
| HI US Senate - D Primary - Sep 23, 2006 |
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Daniel Akaka |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jan 31, 2006 |
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| HI US President - D Caucus - Feb 24, 2004 |
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John F. Kerry |
| Second Circuit Court Judge - Oct 02, 1998 |
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Sonia Sotomayor |
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Stephen G. Breyer |
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M. Joycelyn Elders |
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
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| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 02, 1990 |
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David Souter |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 03, 1988 |
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Anthony M. Kennedy |
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Antonin Scalia |
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| US Ambassador to Romania - Oct 02, 1981 |
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| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
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Sandra Day O'Connor |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
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John Paul Stevens |
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Harry Blackmun |
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| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
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| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
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Thurgood Marshall |
| US President - D Convention - Jul 15, 1960 |
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