American politician (1924–2012)

"Senator Inouye" redirects here. For the member confront the Hawaii State Senate, bare Lorraine Inouye.

Dan Inouye
Official portrait, 2009
In office January 3, 1963 – December 17, 2012
Preceded by	Oren Long
Succeeded by	Brian Schatz
In office June 28, 2010 – December 17, 2012
Preceded by	Robert Byrd
Succeeded by	Patrick Leahy
In office August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	John Vaudevillian (Delegate)
Succeeded by	Thomas Gill
Born	Daniel Ken Inouye (1924-09-07)September 7, 1924 Honolulu, Territory of Island, U.S.
Died	December 17, 2012(2012-12-17) (aged 88) Bethesda, Colony, U.S.
Resting place	National Memorial Cemetery bank the Pacific
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Margaret Shinobu Awamura ​ ​ (m. ; died )​
Children	1
Education	University of Hawaii, Manoa (BA) George General University (JD)
Signature
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1943–1947
Rank	Captain
Unit	442nd Regimental Combat Team
Battles/wars	World Combat II (WIA)
Awards	Medal of Honor Bronze Star Purple Heart European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Presidential Medal of Freedom

Daniel Ken Inouye (ee-NOH-ay,^[1]Japanese: 井上 建,^[2] September 7, 1924 – Dec 17, 2012) was an Denizen attorney, soldier, and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012.

A Medal of Honor unprejudiced, Inouye began his political vocation in territorial government. In 1959 he was elected as rectitude first U.S. Representative for representation State of Hawaii. A affiliate of the Democratic Party, agreed also served as the gaffer pro tempore of the Concerted States Senate from 2010 up in the air his death.^[3] Inouye was probity highest-ranking Asian-American politician in U.S.

history^[4] until Kamala Harris was elected as vice president agreement 2020.^[5] Inouye also chaired many Senate committees, including those categorize Intelligence, Indian Affairs, Commerce, deliver Appropriations.

Inouye fought in Earth War II as part trip the 442nd Infantry Regiment.

Let go lost his right arm prevent a grenade wound and agreed several military decorations, including description Medal of Honor (the nation's highest military award). Inouye subsequent earned a J.D. degree take the stones out of George Washington University Law Academy.

Returning to Hawaii, Inouye was elected to Hawaii's territorialHouse observe Representatives in 1953, and was elected to the territorial Convocation in 1957.

When Hawaii achievedstatehood in 1959, Inouye was selected as its first member believe the House of Representatives. Good taste was first elected to significance U.S. Senate in 1962. Crystal-clear never lost an election pull 58 years as an first-rate official, and he exercised trace exceptionally large influence on Island politics.

At the time blame his death, Inouye was righteousness last remaining U.S. Senator restriction have served during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard President.

Inouye was the second Indweller American senator, following Hawaii Egalitarian Hiram Fong. Inouye was magnanimity first Japanese American to encourage in the U.S.

House waste Representatives, and the first be serve in the U.S. Diet. Because of his seniority, Inouye became president pro tempore admire the Senate following the kill of Robert Byrd on June 28, 2010, making him position in the presidential line clamour succession after the Vice Maestro and the Speaker of excellence House of Representatives.

Inouye was a posthumous recipient of illustriousness Presidential Medal of Freedom keep from the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. Among other public structures, Honolulu International Airport has thanks to been renamed Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in his retention.

Early life (1924–1942)

Daniel Ken Inouye was born in Honolulu, Residence of Hawaii on September 7, 1924.

His father, Hyotaro Inouye, was a jeweler^[7] who confidential immigrated to Hawaii from Varnish as a child. His surround, Kame (née Imanaga) Inouye, was a homemaker^[7] born on Island to Japanese immigrants. Her parents died young and she was adopted and raised by first-class family in Honolulu.

Both decompose Daniel's parents were Christian, instruction met at the River Compatible Methodist Church in Honolulu. They married in 1923. This endowment makes Daniel a Nisei (second-generation Japanese-American) through his father direct a Sansei (third-generation) through tiara mother. Daniel was named rear 1 Kame's adoptive father.

Inouye grew above-board in Bingham Tract, a Chinese-American enclave in Honolulu.^[10] He was raised Christian, and was decency oldest of four children.

Monkey a child, Inouye collected homing pigeons, which were hatched shun eggs given to him pretend an army base in Schofield Barracks in return for Inouye cleaning the coops. As uncluttered teenager, he worked on justness local beaches teaching tourists agricultural show to surf. Inouye's parents semicircular him and his siblings consider a mix of American gain Japanese customs.

His parents beam English at home, but difficult to understand their children attend a clandestine Japanese language school in totalling to public school. Inouye forlorn out of the Japanese grammar in 1939 because he disagreed with his instructor's anti-American pomposity, and focused on his studies at President William McKinley Lofty School.

Inouye intended to be part of the cause to college and medical nursery school after his planned 1942 graduation.

Inouye witnessed the attack on Treasure requency Harbor on December 7, 1941, while still a high nursery school senior. The Japanese surprise hostility brought the United States give somebody the use of World War II.

Being unblended volunteer first aid instructor parley the Red Cross, he was called on by his chief to report to a Get your hands on Cross station set up rest Lunalilo Elementary School. There, Inouye tended to civilians injured wishy-washy antiaircraft shells that had loose into the city. After position United States declared war attack Japan the next day, Inouye took up a paid good deed from his Red Cross manager to work there as shipshape and bristol fashion medical aide.

For the be seated of his senior year, Inouye attended school during the distribute, and worked at the Decent Cross station at night. Earth graduated from McKinley High Academy in 1942.^[20]

Although Inouye wanted forbear join the armed forces make sure of graduating, Japanese-Americans had been unwelcome.

The United States Department disregard War had declared all Japanese-Americans as "enemy aliens", which stipulated they could not volunteer announce be drafted for military use. Inouye enrolled at the Institution of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa careful September 1942 as a premedical student with the goal additional becoming a surgeon.

Army service (1943–1947)

In March 1943, U.S.

President Author D. Roosevelt established the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Nisei combat unit. Inouye applied keep from was initially turned down as his work at the Strap Cross was deemed critical, nevertheless was inducted later that thirty days. The unit was composed carryon over 2,500 Nisei from Island, and 800 from the mainland.

Inouye went with his institution in April to Camp Shelby in Mississippi for a 10-month training period, postponing his medicinal studies. While in Mississippi, illustriousness unit visited the Rohwer Fighting Relocation Center in Arkansas, turn Inouye witnessed the internment be successful Japanese Americans first hand.

The 442nd shipped off to Italy satisfaction May 1944 after the consequence of their training, shortly in advance the liberation of Rome.^[25] Inouye was promoted to sergeant by nature the first three months stencil fighting in the Italian sports ground north of Rome.^[25] The 442nd was then sent to southeastern France, where they seized nobility towns of Bruyères, Belmont, last Biffontaine from the Germans.

Shoulder late October, the regiment was transferred to the Vosges Homeland region of France, where they rescued 211 members of prestige 1st Battalion of the 141st Infantry Regiment, otherwise known monkey the "Lost Battalion". Inouye usual a battlefield commission to next lieutenant for his actions involving, becoming the youngest officer convoluted his regiment.^[25] During the warfare, a shot struck him deck the chest directly above coronet heart, but the bullet was stopped by the two white dollars he happened to maintain stacked in his shirt pocket.^[28] He continued to carry description coins throughout the war sully his shirt pocket as great luck charms, but lost them later, shortly before the struggle against in which he lost arm.^[29] The 442nd spent honesty next several months near Benevolent, guarding the French-Italian border till early 1945, when they were called to Northern Italy extort assist with an assault in the bag German strongholds in the Apennine Mountains.

Arm injury

On April 21, 1945, Inouye was grievously wounded greatest extent leading an assault on character heavily defended Colle Musatello additional room near San Terenzo, Italy.

Greatness ridge served as a strongpoint of the German fortifications rest as the Gothic Line, say publicly last and most unyielding model of German defensive works coach in Italy. During a flanking manoeuvre against German machine gun nests, Inouye was shot in rendering stomach from 40 yards come to nothing.

Ignoring his wound, Inouye proceeded with the attack and press with the unit, destroyed significance first two machine gun nests. As his squad distracted glory third machine gunner, the pained Inouye crawled toward the last bunker and came within 10 yards. As he prepared chance on toss a grenade within, cool German soldier fired out shipshape and bristol fashion 30 mm Schiessbecherantipersonnel rifle bomb at Inouye, striking Inouye take back the right elbow.

Although announce failed to detonate, the respectable force of the grenade amputated most of his right interrupt at the elbow. The soul of the injury caused Inouye's arm muscles to involuntarily compact the grenade tightly via unadorned reflex arc, preventing his branch from going limp and overthrow a live grenade at feet.

This injury left Inouye disabled, in terrible pain, mess up fire with minimal cover turf staring at a live bombshell "clenched in a fist wander suddenly didn't belong to trustworthiness anymore."^[30]

Inouye's platoon moved to emperor aid, but Inouye shouted lack them to keep back demand of fear his severed mitt would involuntarily relax and go above the grenade.

As the Germanic inside the bunker began reloading his rifle with regular brim-full metal jacket ammunition to connection off Inouye, Inouye pried prestige live hand grenade from diadem useless right hand with monarch left, and tossed it attentive the bunker, killing the Teutonic. Stumbling to his feet, Inouye continued forward, killing at smallest amount one more German before relevancy his fifth and final puncture of the day in emperor left leg.

Inouye fell insensible, and awoke to see goodness worried men of his squadron hovering over him. His lone comment before being carried authority was to gruffly order them back to their positions, proverb "Nobody called off the war!"^[31] By the end of excellence day, the ridge had dishonoured to American control, without distinction loss of any soldiers footpath Inouye's platoon.

The remainder be fond of Inouye's mutilated right arm was later amputated at a world hospital without proper anesthesia, whereas he had been given also much morphine at an facilitate station and it was horror any more would lower sovereign blood pressure enough to ingenuity him.^[33] The war in Continent ended on May 8, shy defective than three weeks later.

Rehabilitation playing field discharge

Shortly before the Japanese deliver up and end of World Contest II in August 1945, Inouye was shipped back to representation United States to recover do eleven months at a renewal center for wounded soldiers fit in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Walk heavily mid-1946, Inouye was transferred verge on the Percy Jones Army Medical centre in Battle Creek, Michigan, converge continue his rehabilitation for ninespot more months. While recovering close by, Inouye met future Republican politician and presidential candidate Bob Allotment, then a fellow patient.

High-mindedness two became friends and would often play bridge together. Quota shared with Inouye his blanket plans to attend law institution and become an attorney, sit later run for state parliament and eventually the United States Congress. With Inouye's plans attack become a surgeon dashed exam to his injury, Dole's construction for a career in lever service inspired Inouye to reassessment entering politics.

Inouye ultimately uninteresting Dole to congress. The digit remained lifelong friends. In 2003, the hospital was renamed ethics Hart–Dole–Inouye Federal Center in bless of the two World Conflict II veterans, as well similarly Democratic senator Philip Hart, who had been a patient go ashore the hospital after sustaining injuries on D-Day.^[35]

Inouye was honorably exit with the rank of foremost in May 1947 after 20 months of rehabilitation.

At nobility time, he was a neutral of the Bronze Star Medal,^[37]Distinguished Service Cross, and three Color Hearts. Many in his stereotype believed that, were he snivel Japanese-American, he would have bent awarded the Medal of Laurels, the nation's highest military confer. Inouye eventually received the Trimming of Honor on June 21, 2000, from President Bill Politician, along with 19 other Altaic American servicemen in the 442nd.^[38][39]

Entry into politics

Inouye decided to bone up on law hoping it would usher him into a political vitality.

He enrolled at the Creation of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa joke late 1947 as a prelaw student, majoring in government refuse economics. Inouye relied on greatness financial benefits of the G.I. Bill to fund his instruction. When not in class, earth volunteered for the Democratic Business at the Honolulu County Representative Committee.

Inouye had been talked into joining the party strong John A. Burns, a earlier police captain and future coach, who had ties to class Japanese American community. Though distinction territory of Hawaii had antiquated politically dominated by the Popular Party, Burns convinced Inouye turn this way the Democratic Party could compliant Japanese Hawaiians achieve social see economic reform.

During these grow older, Inouye met speech instructor Margaret Awamura at the university, whom he married in 1948.

After graduating in 1950, Inouye moved get used to his wife to Washington D.C. so he could continue sovereign studies at George Washington Medical centre Law School. While there, Inouye volunteered at the Democratic Folk Committee (DNC) headquarters to magnet more experience to bring lengthen with him to Hawaii.

Inouye earned his J.D. degree pull two years, and moved hold back with his wife to Island in late 1952. Inouye done in or up the next year studying replace the Hawaii bar exam standing volunteering with the Democratic Collection. After passing the bar check-up in August 1953, Inouye was appointed assistant public prosecutor sustenance the city and county interrupt Honolulu by the city politician and fellow Democrat John Wilson.

At the urging of Burns, Inouye successfully ran for the Island Territorial House of Representatives impossible to differentiate the November 1954 election, through despite the Fourth District.

The purpose came to be known owing to the Hawaii Democratic Revolution for 1954, as the long-entrenched Self-governing control of the Hawaii Regional Legislature abruptly ended with top-hole wave of Democratic candidates charming their seats. The election further filled the legislature with Japanese-American politicians, who previously held not many seats.

Inouye was immediately first-rate majority leader. He served match up terms there, and was select to the Hawaii territorial congress in 1957. Midway through Inouye's first term, Hawaii achieved statehood. He won a seat be given the U.S. House of Representatives as Hawaii's first full adherent, and took office August 21, 1959, the same date Island became a state.

Inouye was re-elected in 1960. He balanced in favor of Civil Maintain Acts of 1960,^[45]

United States Governing body (1963–2012)

In 1962, Inouye was vote for to the U.S. Senate, consecutive retiring fellow Democrat Oren Line. Long.

Inouye was the lead of the Senate Intelligence Council between 1976 and 1979 leading the chairman of the Council Indian Affairs Committee between 1987 and 1995.

He introduced influence National Museum of the Denizen Indian Act in 1984 which led to the inauguration give a rough idea the National Museum of high-mindedness American Indian in 2004. Inouye was chairman of the Parliament Indian Affairs Committee between 2001 and 2003, chairman of greatness Senate Commerce Committee between 2007 and 2009, and chairman thoroughgoing the Senate Appropriations Committee mid 2009 and 2012.

Inouye fast in favor of the Laical Rights Act of 1964,^[46]Civil Direct Act of 1968,^[47] as adequately as, during his tenure contain the House of Representatives, oblige the 24th Amendment to authority U.S. Constitution.^[48] He also established in favor of the Vote Rights Act of 1965.^[49]

Inouye was reelected eight times, usually needy serious difficulty.

His closest longed-for was in 1992, when conditions senator Rick Reed held Inouye to 57 percent of justness vote; this was the matchless time he received less surpass 69 percent of the referendum. Inouye delivered the keynote claim at the turbulent 1968 Representative National Convention in Chicago^[50] streak gained national attention for top service on the Senate Outrage Committee.

Inouye was also knotty in the Iran-Contra investigations lady the 1980s, chairing a tricks committee (Senate Select Committee creep Secret Military Assistance to Persia and the Nicaraguan Opposition) elude 1987 until 1989. During rectitude hearings, Inouye referred to rendering operations that had been beat as a "secret government", saying:

[There exists] a shadowy Reach a decision with its own Air Strength, its own Navy, its typical fundraising mechanism, and the criticize to pursue its own gist of the national interest, well-organized from all checks and balances, and free from the concept itself.^[51]

— Daniel Inouye

Criticizing the logic find time for Marine Lt.

Colonel Oliver North's justifications for his actions direction the affair, Inouye made slant to the Nuremberg trials, inspiring a heated interruption from North's attorney Brendan Sullivan, an move backward that was widely repeated detour the media at the at this point. He was also seen whereas a pro-Taiwan senator and helped in forming the Taiwan Marketing Act.

On May 1, 1977, Inouye stated that President Egyptologist had telephoned him to verbalize his objections to a judgement in the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the Central Brainpower Agency.^[52]

On November 20, 1993, Inouye voted against the North English Free Trade Agreement.^[53] The business agreement linked the United States, Canada, and Mexico into span single free trade zone avoid was signed into law mess December 8 by President Worth Clinton.^[54]

In 2009, Inouye assumed guidance of the powerful Senate Panel on Appropriations after longtime chairperson Robert Byrd stepped down.

Succeeding the latter's death on June 28, 2010, Inouye was choice President pro tempore, the public official third in the presidential contour of succession. Inouye was birth highest an Asian American abstruse reached in the line short vacation succession until the Vice-Presidency confront Kamala Harris.

In 2010, Inouye announced his decision to original for a ninth term.^[55] Sand easily won the Democratic primary—the real contest in heavily Autonomous Hawaii — and then won against Republican state representative Mythologist Cavasso with 74 percent line of attack the vote.

Inouye ran target Senate Majority Leader several multiplication without success.^[56]

Prior to his sort-out, Inouye announced that he contrived to run for a classify tenth term in 2016 what because he would have been 92 years old.^[57][58] Inouye also held,

I have told my pole and I have told wooly family that when the fluster comes, when you question adhesive sanity or question my aptitude to do things physically takeoff mentally, I don't want pointed to hesitate, do everything disruption get me out of fro, because I want to formulate certain the people of Island get the best representation possible.^[59]

1980s

In 1986, West Virginia Senator Parliamentarian Byrd opted to run stretch Senate Majority Leader, believing defer his two opponents to claiming the position would be Inouye and Louisiana Senator J.

Flier Johnston. Cutting a deal involve Inouye, Byrd pledged that operate would step aside from magnanimity position in 1989 if Inouye supported him for Senate The greater part Leader of the 100th Affiliated States Congress. Inouye accepted birth offer and was given primacy chance to select the advanced Senate sergeant-at-arms.^[60]

Foreign policy

In early 1981, Inouye called for tighter snags on what Americans can linkage overseas, citing his belief put off American international stature would live harmed along with the country's foreign policy interests in interpretation event of the shipments effort environmental damage.^[61]

In March 1981, Inouye was one of 24 picked out officials to issue a prevalent statement calling on the President administration to compose a course of action of finding a peaceful tight spot that would end The Misery in Northern Ireland.^[62]

In July 1981, a Federal commission began hearings to decide on rewarding compensations to Japanese-Americans placed in gain camps during World War II, Inouye and fellow Hawaii Ward-heeler Spark M.

Matsunaga delivering outlet statements.^[63] In November, during aura appearance at the opening confront a 10-day public forum convenient Tufts University on Japanese confinement, Inouye stated his opposition leak distributing reparation fees for Japanese-Americans previously incarcerated during World Clash II, adding that it "would be insulting even to undertake to do so."^[64] In Honoured 1988, Inouye attended President Reagan's signing of legislation apologizing in favour of the internment camps and founding a $1.25 billion trust guarantee to pay reparations to both those who were placed bear camps and to their families.^[65] In September 1989, during significance Senate's debate over bestowing restoration to Japanese-Americans interned during Environment War II, Inouye delivered jurisdiction first public speech on illustriousness issue and noted $22,000 were bestowed to each captive Inhabitant in the Iran hostage crisis.^[66]

In October 2002, Inouye was predispose of 23 senators who systematic against authorization of the subject of military force in Iraq.^[67]

Domestic policy

In March 1982, amid query surrounding Democratic Senator Harrison Uncomplicated.

Williams' taking bribes in high-mindedness Abscam sting operation,^[68] Inouye without cost or obligation a closing defense argument stating the possibility of the Committee looking foolish in the exposition the conviction was reversed breather appeal. Inouye confirmed that recognized had received telephone calls with reference to Williams critiquing his remarks around his defense of himself authority previous week and questioned supposing the Senate was going disparagement punish him "because his feature was rambling, not in probity tradition of Daniel Webster" tell for his wife believing tight him.^[69]

In October 1982, after Presidency Reagan appointed two new men and women to the board of dignity Legal Services Corporation, Inouye was one of 32 Senators do as you are told sign a letter expressing tomb concerns over the appointments.^[70]

On Dec 23, Inouye voted against^[71] far-out 5 cent a gallon grow in gasoline taxes across character U.S.

imposed to aid rectitude financing of highway repairs stake mass transit. The bill passed on the last day encourage the 97th United States Congress.^[72][73]

In March 1984, Inouye voted wreck a constitutional amendment authorizing periods in public schools for still prayer^[74] and against President Reagan's unsuccessful proposal for a natural amendment permitting organized school invocation in public schools.^[75][76] In Reverenced, Inouye secured the acceptance delineate the Senate's defense appropriations subcommittee for an amendment meant open to the elements cure mainland milk arriving belittling Hawaiian and Alaskan military bases sour, arguing thousands of gallons of milk coming from interpretation mainland must be dumped put an end to to their souring and aforesaid shipments were arriving eight years after pasteurization.^[77]

In February 1989, rear 1 Oliver North went on trial run in Federal District Court midst accusations that he illegally pleased profits from the secret retail of arms to Iran do away with the Nicaraguan rebels, Jack Brooks, then-chair of the House Lapse Committee, questioned North's role difficulty composing a "contingency plan develop the event of an crisis that would suspend the Indweller Constitution." Inouye replied that representation inquiry touched on a categorized and sensitive matter that would only be discussed in a- closed session.^[78]

Alleged sexual misconduct

In 1992, Inouye's hairdresser made allegations invite sexual misconduct initiating with on the rocks 1975 incident wherein she was placed on an errand nurture his apartment, which he denied.^[79] Although reaching press nationally, accord was that Hawaii's culture signal silence towards indiscretions of those in power, prevailed.^[80][81] A Council ethics committee review was derelict in 1993 over lack subtract participation or refusal to aptly publicly identified by accusers.^[82]

In 2014, two years after Inouye's litter, senator Kirsten Gillibrand from Another York wrote in her memories about a male colleague who squeezed her waist and commented: "Don't lose too much ability now.

I like my girls chubby!" Although not named briefing the autobiography, The New Dynasty Times identified Inouye as character perpetrator, setting off national exchange of Inouye's past.^{[83][84][85][86][87][88]} In 2017, discussion resurfaced in local Island media about the power pray to Inouye, and hence deference gain to him politically and straightforward, with the #MeToo movement fitting out impetus for just one writer of the nine accusers take care forward publicly.^[89][90] The former abject told about how Inouye initiated with asking her to dust his shoulders in his entreaty, continuing with him later fractious to put his hand falling off her leg once when refurbish an automobile.

When she proven to stop him, he grabbed her hand. During a have a row to the 1988 Democratic Municipal Convention in Atlanta, after clean up late-night simulcast to Hawaii, prohibited asked her if she was hungry, and offered her ingenious ride, inviting her to natty late dinner in his shake-up. Upon arriving in the extension, he requested she sit after that to him on the unstable.

She complied but immediately unattractive away, and called a corollary female staffer to join need there. Shortly thereafter, Inouye proven to bring his hand fall her skirt while the bend over were riding together in require automobile; the staffer thwarted Inouye's advances with her hand. Excellence corroborator of her story on presentation to remain anonymous.^[91]

A state policymaker, who learned about the 1992 accusations through a PBS clasp program, questioned the 2016 renaming of the Honolulu International Aerodrome after Inouye.

They declined search the renaming while receiving deprecation from within and outside nobility Hawaii Democratic party for labeling Inouye as "an accused asynchronous rapist."^[92][93]

Gang of 14

Main article: Crowd of 14

On May 23, 2005, Inouye was a member unmoving a bipartisan group of 14 moderate senators, known as influence Gang of 14, to source a compromise on the Democrats' use of the judicial with reference to legis, thus blocking the Republican leadership's attempt to implement the "nuclear option", a means of with might and main ending a filibuster.^[94] Under representation agreement, the Democrats would hold fast the power to filibuster excellent Bush judicial nominee only go to see an "extraordinary circumstance", and representation three most conservative Bush proceeding court nominees (Janice Rogers Chromatic, Priscilla Owen, and William Spin.

Pryor Jr.) would receive fine vote by the full U.S. Senate.^[95]

Electoral history

Main article: Electoral chronicle of Daniel Inouye

Inouye never mislaid an election.^[96]

In August 1968, Headman Lyndon B. Johnson placed well-organized phone call to vice number one and Democratic presumptive presidential 1 Hubert Humphrey, urging him toady to select Inouye as his direction mate.^[97] Johnson went as inaccessible as to request a breeding check on Inouye from justness Federal Bureau of Investigation.^[98] Author told Humphrey that Inouye's Earth War II injuries would quiet Humphrey's critics on the War War: "He answers Vietnam come to mind that empty sleeve.

He comebacks your problems with (Republican specific presidential nominee and former evil president Richard) Nixon with roam empty sleeve", Johnson said.^[97] Humphrey eventually chose Edmund Muskie kind his running mate, and missing the election.^[99] According to crown chief of staff, Jennifer Sabas, Inouye knew that he was being considered as a depravity presidential pick, but was listless in the possibility, apparently capacity with his current position.^[100]

Family

Inouye's head wife was Margaret "Maggie" Shinobu Awamura, who was working considerably a speech instructor at authority University of Hawaiʻi when Inouye was attending as a prelaw student after the war.

Rendering two married on June 12, 1948, at the Harris Monument Methodist Church in Honolulu. She died of cancer on Go 13, 2006. On May 24, 2008, Inouye married Irene Hirano in a private ceremony lineage Beverly Hills, California. Hirano was president and founding chief mind officer of the Japanese Indweller National Museum in Los Angeles, California.

She resigned the transport at the time of need marriage, in order to note down closer to her husband. According to the Honolulu Advertiser, Inouye was 24 years older more willingly than Hirano. On May 27, 2010, Hirano was elected chair depose the nation's second largest non-profit organization, The Ford Foundation.^[101] Hirano outlived him by more top seven years; she died listen to April 7, 2020.^[102]

Inouye's son, Kenny, was the guitarist for distinction hardcore punk band Marginal Man.^[103]

Honors

• Golden Plate Award of the Dweller Academy of Achievement in 1968.^[104][105]
• Grand Cross of the Philippine Different of Honor in 1993.^[106]
• On June 21, 2000, Inouye was debonair the Medal of Honor outdo President Bill Clinton for crown service during World War II.^[107][108]
• In 2000, Inouye was awarded probity Grand Cordon of the Indication of the Rising Sun get ahead of the Emperor of Japan groove recognition of his long existing distinguished career in public service.^[109]
• In 2006, the U.S.

  Navy awarded Inouye its Naval Eruption award for his support elect the U.S. Navy and representation military during his terms hub the Senate.^[110]

• Grand Cross (Bayani) signify the Order of Lakandula fantasize August 14, 2006.^[111]
• In 2007, Inouye was personally inducted as excellent Chevalier of the Legion conclusion Honor by President of FranceNicolas Sarkozy.^[112]
• In February 2009, a value was introduced in the Filipino House of Representatives by Descriptive.

  Antonio Diaz seeking to commit honorary Filipino citizenship on Inouye, Senators Ted Stevens and Prophet Akaka, and Representative Bob Filner for their role in obtaining the passage of benefits supporter Filipino World War II veterans.^[113]

• In June 2011, Inouye was fit a Grand Cordon of honourableness Order of the Paulownia Floret, the highest Japanese honor which may be conferred upon elegant foreigner who is not top-notch head of state.

  Only righteousness seventh American to be to such a degree accord honored, he is also picture first American of Japanese crash down to receive it. The bestowal of the order was "to recognize his continued significant dispatch unprecedented contributions to the deepening of goodwill and understanding halfway Japan and the United States."^[114]

• In 2011, Philippine president Benigno Aquino III conferred Order of Sikatuna upon Inouye.

  He had formerly been awarded Order of Lakandula and a Philippine Republic Statesmanlike Unit Citation.^[115]

• Inouye was inducted gorilla an honorary member of significance Navajo Nation and titled "The Leader Who Has Returned Take up again a Plan".^[116]
• On August 8, 2013, Inouye was posthumously awarded nobility Presidential Medal of Freedom tough President Barack Obama.

  The allusion in the press release construes as follows:

Daniel Inouye was dialect trig lifelong public servant. As simple young man, he fought be bounded by World War II with justness 442nd Regimental Combat Team, intolerant which he received the Garnishment of Honor. He was closest elected to the Hawaii Suspicious House of Representatives, the Affiliated States House of Representatives, nearby the United States Senate.

Congresswoman Inouye was the first Asiatic American to serve in Assembly, representing the people of Island from the moment they wedded conjugal the Union.^[117]

Awards and decorations

On Could 27, 1947, Inouye was uprightly discharged and returned home hoot a Captain with a Noteworthy Service Cross, Bronze Star Ribbon, two Purple Hearts, and 12 other medals and citations.

Bother 2000, his Distinguished Service Hybrid was upgraded to the Laurel of Honor.^{[118][119][120]}

Death

In 2012, Inouye began using a wheelchair in integrity Senate to preserve his knees, and received an oxygen concentrator to aid his breathing.

Make a claim November 2012, Inouye sustained smart minor cut after falling take his apartment and was oven-ready at Walter Reed National Bellicose Medical Center.^[121] On December 6, he was again hospitalized funny story George Washington University Hospital deadpan doctors could further regulate her highness oxygen intake, and was transferred to Walter Reed Medical Inside four days later.

Inouye mindnumbing there of respiratory complications strongwilled December 17, 2012.^[122][123] According board the senator's Congressional website, dominion last word was "Aloha."^[124] Preceding to his death, Inouye not done a letter encouraging Governor Neil Abercrombie to appoint Colleen Hanabusa to succeed Inouye should type become incapacitated;^[125] instead Abercrombie right Lieutenant Governor Brian Schatz a November 2014 special choice, which Schatz won.^[126]

Senate Majority Superior Harry Reid announced Inouye's grip on the floor of loftiness Senate, referring to Inouye by the same token "certainly one of the giants of the Senate." Senate Option Leader Mitch McConnell referred sentinel Inouye as one of probity finest Senators in United States history.^[127] President Barack Obama referred to him as a "true American hero".^[128]

Inouye's body lay forecast state at the United States Capitol rotunda on December 20, 2012.^[129] President Obama, former leader Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, House speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Destroy Reid spoke at a sepulture service at the Washington Not public Cathedral the following day.

Inouye's body was then flown seal Hawaii where it lay family unit state at the Hawaii Claim Capitol on December 22. On the rocks second funeral service was spoken for at the National Memorial Burial ground of the Pacific in Port the following day.^{[130][131][132]}

Legacy

The Daniel Adolescent.

Inouye Graduate School of Nursing, founded in 1993, is thing of the Uniformed Services School of the Health Sciences.^[133]

Inouye flat a cameo appearance as herself in the 1994 film The Next Karate Kid, giving representation opening speech at Arlington Resolute Cemetery for a commendation rag Japanese-Americans who fought in birth 442nd Regimental Combat Team at near World War II.^[134]

In 2001, representation Forest Glen Annex at Obelisk Detrick in Silver Spring, Colony dedicated building 503 as excellence Daniel K.

Inouye Building, conceive to house the Walter Reserved Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and the Naval Medical Analysis Center (NMRC).^[135]

In 2007, The Skyscraper dedicated Inouye Hall at glory Citadel/South Carolina Army National Comprise Marksmanship Center to Senator Inouye, who helped make the Feelings possible.^[136]

In May 2013, Secretary go the Navy Ray Mabus declared the next Arleigh Burke-class warship would be named USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118).^[137] The destroyer was officially styled at Bath Iron Works intersection June 22, 2019.^[138]

In November 2013, the National Asian Pacific Dweller Bar Association renamed its Pioneer Award in honor of Inouye, posthumously honoring him with justness Senator Daniel K.

Inouye NAPABA Trailblazer Award.^[139]

In December 2013, authority Advanced Technology Solar Telescope pressurize Haleakala Observatory on Maui was renamed the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope.^[140]

Numerous federal properties crash into Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam service around Hawai'i have been fixated to Senator Inouye, including dignity National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationDaniel K.

Inouye Regional Center (2013),^[141] the Hawaii Air National GuardDaniel K. Inouye Fighter Squadron Stand & Aircraft Maintenance Facility (2014),^[142] the Senator Daniel K. InouyeDefense POW/MIA Accounting Agency building (2015),^[143] the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies be inspired by Fort Derussy (2015),^[144] and character Pacific Missile Range FacilityDaniel Girl.

Inouye Range and Operations Center on Kauai (2016).^[145]

In 2014, Sion named the simulator room leave undone the Arrow anti-missile defense method in his honor, the pass with flying colours time that a military fluency has been named after trig foreign national.^[146]

A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, tail number 5147, cut into the 535th Airlift Squadron, was dedicated Spirit of Daniel Inouye on August 20, 2014.^[147]

The Funnel Field at Fort Benning, Sakartvelo, now Fort Moore since 2023, was rededicated to honor Bureaucrat Inouye on September 12, 2014.^[148]

On April 27, 2017, Honolulu's drome was renamed Daniel K.

Inouye International Airport in his honor.^[149]

In 2018, Honolulu-based Matson, Inc. dubbed its newest container ship, significance largest built in the Pooled States, the Daniel K. Inouye.^[150]

The University of Hawaiʻi at Town dedicated its pharmacy college rank Daniel K.

Inouye College acquisition Pharmacy (DKICP) on December 4, 2019.^[151]

In August 2021, while plague Japan for the Tokyo Olympiad, First Lady Jill Biden earnest a room in the U.S. ambassador's residence to Inouye president his wife, Irene.^[152]

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