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(interviewer) What do you consider
Senator Inouye’s legacy to be?

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What will he be remembered for?

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Well, for me, everybody
will remember him as a good soldier.

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He’s a man with plenty guts.

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No matter what he do,
he always do.

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(interviewer)
Can you explain why he…?

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Well, one thing,
Danny, he wasn’t selfish.

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You know, he always think
about the other guy.

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Well, that’s the way I see him.
He thinks about the other person.

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Besides seeing him at meetings like that,
I never got in contact with him that much,

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but whenever he see me,
he never forget.

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He always remember me.

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Just like I said,
I never get in contact with him that much,

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but he’s a good man.

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(interviewer)
Do you think there’s ever going to be

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another Daniel Inouye for Hawaiʻi?

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I don’t think so. Not to be him.

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(interviewer) What made him so special?
- Hmm?

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(interviewer)
What made him so special?

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‘Cause everybody knows he’s a smart boy.

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He always think about the other guy,
more than think about himself.

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The guy was…
I wasn’t in the same company as him,

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but the people that I know
who was in the same company,

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they all tell me the same thing.

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He always think about the other guy,
he not just think about himself, yeah?

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(interviewer)
Tell me about the...

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well, do you have any other
memories of Senator?

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Well, I know that whenever
we have reunions,

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he’s always out there,
and he’s one of the...

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he may not be the Chairman
of every occasion,

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but he always help out the guy
who's running that reunion or get together.

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(interviewer) Tell me about
the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center.

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Why did you--you’ve been the president
for 23 years out of its 25-year existence,

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so quite a long time
from the very beginning.

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So why create the organization,
and why create the Center?

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Well, you know, for me,
I think of the guys that didn’t come home.

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You know, there’s 101 names,
you’ve been there?

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- (interviewer) Been where?
- The Nisei Veterans?

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(interviewer)
Yes.

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Right as you enter the office door,
there’s a big plaque

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that names all the Maui people
that was killed in action and...