"With complete disregard for his personal safety, Second Lieutenant Inouye crawled up the treacherous slope to within five yards of the nearest machine gun and hurled two grenades, destroying the emplacement. Before the enemy could retaliate, he stood up and neutralized a second machine gun nest. Although wounded by a sniper’s bullet, he continued to engage other hostile positions at close range until an exploding grenade shattered his right arm. Despite the intense pain, he refused evacuation and continued to direct his platoon until enemy resistance was broken and his men were again deployed in defensive positions."

homeofheroes.com

R.I.P. Sen. Daniel Inouye.

His last words were "Aloha."

washingtonpost.com

Hawaii Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye has died at age 88, his office confirmed Monday night.

His last words, according to a statement released by his staff, were “Aloha”.

Inouye has been hospitalized since early December due to respiratory problems.  His cause of death was “respiratory complications”.

His last word was "aloha": Hawaii senator Daniel Inouye dies at age 88, according to the Washington Post; he had been hospitalized with a respiratory infection.

m.washingtonpost.com

“...sometimes reporters like me know things, or think we know things, and need someone in the know to hear them out, and perhaps provide some guidance or a sense of where to go next—and, above all, why it matters.”

—Seymour Hersh on how Daniel Inouye, who died yesterday, reminded him why reporting matters: http://nyr.kr/SNIQVQ
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