DANIEL KEN INOUYE became the first U.S. Representative from the i- 50th State and the first American o o Japanese ancestry to serve in Congres )r He has served the people of Hawaii her in the Senate since January 1963. While growing up. this grandson o immigrants knew hardship and poverty d He also learned compassion. g Senator INOUYE had not alway planned on a career in politics. As a stu. dent he intended to pursue a career as e surgeon and worked as a first aid vol unteer. At the beginning of World War II k Japanese Americans were prohibitec e from enlisting in or being drafted intc e the active military.
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