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Inouye began his public service at the age of 17, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
He went on to serve in Europe with E company of the 442 Regimental Combat Team, a group consisting entirely of U.S. soldiers of Japanese ancestry, and lost his right arm while charging a series of enemy machine-gun nests on a hill in Italy in April 1945.
When asked in recent days how he wanted to be remembered, according to his office's press statement, Inouye replied, "I represented the people of Hawaii and this nation honestly and to the best of my ability. I think I did OK."
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I think so too. Aloha Senator Inouye... mahalo