Dearborn Resident, Organization Remember Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye

Inouye, the longest serving senator in Congress, passed away Monday. He was 88.

Most people best remember Daniel K. Inouye as the U.S. Senator for Hawaii, a position he held for 49 years. But to Dearborn resident Daniel Kushnir, he will always be remembered as a compassionate American soldier. Kushnir recalls the Army hospital in northern Italy where he served during World War II “as if it were yesterday.” That’s where a wounded Inouye came in during 1945—his arm badly broken. “When I looked at his dog tags,” Kushnir recalls, “I said ‘Daniel K—that’s my name.’” Kushnir, a surgical technician, also remembered Inouye’s selflessness. “He was worried more about the rest of his troop than he was about himself,” Kushnir shares. “He didn’t talk much about himself.” Inouye, the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate, …

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