| This groundbreaking leadership research
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| | He requested information from the draft
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| by has received extensive endorsements
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| | board concerning his rejection. The
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| and enthusiastic reviews from well-known
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| | clerk found that Daniel was "working 72
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| prominent business, political, and
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| | hours a week at the aid station" of the
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| academic leaders who either participated
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| | local chapter of the American Red Cross.
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| in the study or reviewed the research
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| | Dan was told, "You're already making an
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| findings.
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| | essential defense contribution, and
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| You will discover the proven success
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| | you're enrolled in a pre-med course at
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| habits and secrets of people who, in
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| | the University, and Lord knows we'll be
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| spite of difficult or life threatening
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| | needing doctors." So he dropped out of
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| challenges shaped their own destiny to
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| | the University of Hawaii and quit his job
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| become successful, effective leaders.
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| | with the Red Cross.
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| The full results of this research will be
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| | Then he re-applied. This time his
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| presented in the upcoming book by Dr.
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| | application was accepted. Inouye was
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| Howard Edward Haller titled "Leadership:
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| | bright and eager to serve. "In the
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| View from the Shoulders of Giants."
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| | military, there was another challenge, or
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| The nine initial prominent successful
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| | obstacle." Dan said, "I was the
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| leaders who overcame adversity that were
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| | assistant squad leader. Then, the
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| interviewed included: Dr. Tony Bonanzino,
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| | youngest person was about two years my
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| U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, Monzer Hourani,
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| | senior, and the oldest was about 15 years
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| U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, Dr. John
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| | my senior." Because these were
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| Malone, Larry Pino, U.S. Army Major
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| | Japanese-American soldiers who all came
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| General Sid Shachnow, Dr. Blenda Wilson,
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| | from "a society where age makes a
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| and Zig Ziglar.
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| | difference . . . where elders are looked
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| The data from the above nine research
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| | upon with a bit more respect than the
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| participants was materially augmented by
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| | younger ones, it was a challenge. So, I
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| seven other successful leaders who
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| | had to work overtime at that, to justify
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| overcame adversity including: Jack
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| | that position."
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| Canfield, William Draper III, Mark Victor
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| | He was promoted rapidly, first to
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| Hansen, J. Terrence Lanni, Angelo Mozilo,
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| | corporal and then to sergeant. Daniel
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| Dr. Nido Qubein, and Dr. John Sperling.
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| | and his unit were sent to Italy to fight.
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| Additionally, five internationally known
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| | He earned a battlefield commission to
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| and respected leadership scholars offered
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| | second lieutenant while fighting in
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| their reviews of the leadership research
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| | Europe.
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| findings including: Dr. Ken Blanchard,
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| | In one battle in Italy, near the end of
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| Jim Kouzes, Dr. John Kotter, Dr. Paul
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| | World War II in Europe, young Lieutenant
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| Stoltz, and Dr. Meg Wheatley.
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| | Inouye had his right arm essentially shot
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| This is a short biography of one of the
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| | off. In spite of the intense pain, he
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| principal participants who generously
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| | insisted on remaining at the battle
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| contributed their time and insight for
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| | scene, directing and protecting his
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| this important research into the
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| | troops, though he had tourniquets on his
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| phenomenon of how prominent successful
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| | right shoulder and the stub of that arm.
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| leaders overcome adversity and obstacles.
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| | He was decorated for his heroism,
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| This is Senator Daniel Inouye's story.
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| | receiving a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart,
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| Daniel Inouye is the eldest son of
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| | and the Distinguished Service Cross. He
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| Japanese immigrants who worked on the
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| | was also recommended for, and later
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| Hawaiian sugar plantations where Daniel
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| | received, the Congressional Medal of
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| was born and raised. He lived in what he
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| | Honor. Lieutenant Inouye was transferred
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| described as a "Japanese-American
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| | back to the United States to receive
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| ghetto." He went to the local Hawaiian
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| | treatment and rehabilitation for his
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| school, at which "the student body was
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| | wounds.
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| 90% ethnic Japanese."
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| | Senator Inouye told me, "I specifically
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| As a young boy, Daniel accidentally fell
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| | chose to do my rehabilitation as far away
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| and broke his left arm in a terrible
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| | from Hawaii as possible," because he had
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| compound fracture. The local doctor, an
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| | always been sheltered. He explained, "I
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| Ear, Nose and Throat specialist, set the
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| | had experienced only limited contact with
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| arm. It mended, but not well. In his
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| | anything outside my Japanese-American
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| autobiography, Inouye wrote, "My arm hung
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| | neighborhood."
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| limp and crooked and I could barely move
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| | He wanted to see how other people lived,
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| it" (1968, p. 49).
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| | and became cultured in the ways of the
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| After two years of searching his parents,
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| | "hoale" [white] world in the process. "I
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| "contacted the best orthopedic surgeon in
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| | underwent a 'Pygmalion transformation,'
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| Hawaii," who reconstructed Dan's "left
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| | learning how to formally dine with silver
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| arm and made it good as new." That
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| | and china, attending cultural events and
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| incident formed the basis of Daniel's
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| | meetings with as many different types of
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| career goal: to become an orthopedic
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| | people as I possibly could."
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| surgeon. He told the orthopedic surgeon
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| | Inouye shared that his generation, "in
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| who repaired his arm and restored it to
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| | Hawaii, [came] from [Japanese-American]
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| full use, "I'm going to be a doctor, like
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| | ethnic enclaves [who] spoke a strange
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| you."
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| | brand of pidgin-English. So I felt that
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| He faced racial discrimination when he
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| | if I lived in a community where you were
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| was nominated to the local honor society
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| | literally forced to change your way of
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| in high school and was made to feel most
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| | communicating, it would help. And it
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| unwelcome there.
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| | did."
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| While still in high school, Dan became a
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| | Daniel specifically noted, "In fact, the
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| volunteer with the local chapter of the
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| | highest compliment paid was when I
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| American Red Cross. Then the "entire
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| | returned home to Hawaii, and I opened my
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| world turned upside down" on December 7,
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| | mouth to see how [my mother] was, she
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| 1942. After the bombing, the secretary
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| | said, 'You speak like a 'hoale'!" During
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| of the local American Red Cross chapter
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| | his lengthy rehabilitation, Daniel
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| called young Daniel into action
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| | decided to finish college, get a law
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| immediately, having him "help with
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| | degree, and then enter into public
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| injured people who had been rescued from
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| | service.
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| fallen debris, as well as the other
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| | He left the U.S. Army as a captain,
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| wounded that needed treatment."
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| | returned to the University of Hawaii, and
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| Daniel shared that his life had been
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| | married a Japanese-American girl,
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| changed by the bombing of Pearl Harbor:
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| | Margaret Awamura. He completed "law
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| "The war came along, and the challenge
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| | school with a Juris Doctorate at George
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| was immense, not just physical, but
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| | Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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| emotional. My loyalty, together with
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| | in just two years," and then returned to
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| those of my generation, was questioned.
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| | Hawaii, where he "took and passed the
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| We were looked upon as enemy agents, and
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| | Territorial Bar exam."
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| our friends of Japanese ancestry were
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| | In 1959 he was elected to the U.S. House
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| placed in camps, without any trial. And
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| | of Representatives for the new State of
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| that was something that, though I was
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| | Hawaii, becoming the first
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| fairly young, I felt had to be overcome."
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| | Japanese-American ever to be elected to
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| Though Daniel was of Japanese descent, he
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| | the U.S. Congress. Inouye was elected to
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| was "100% American." The following year,
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| | the U.S. Senate in 1962, and has been
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| when President Franklin Roosevelt finally
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| | re-elected every six years since then.
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| allowed the Nisei (second-generation
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| | Senator Inouye is the third
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| Japanese-Americans) to join the United
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| | highest-ranking member of the United
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| States military, Daniel attempted to
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| | States Senate.
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| enlist, but he was turned down.
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| | Copyright 2006 © Howard Edward
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| Unwilling to accept "no" as an answer.
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| | Haller, Ph.D.
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