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[edit] Slander Removed

Unsourced accusation of corpse-looting removed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.7.103.159 (talk) 19:27, August 22, 2007 (UTC)

FYI: The original author of the corpse-looting accusation has reinstated the accusation. Harvard yarrd —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 19:18, August 26, 2007 (UTC).

This is hardly slander. I'll look for a citation but the facts are widely known. He did steal from dead civilians. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.95.189.237 (talk) 07:29, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conspiracy Theory Removed

I removed a quote from the Disclosure Project since the source it cites requires a login and password. Find a public source of some kind, print or digital, before restoring the quote. 128.12.186.192 09:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Misplaced Quote

Why is there a quote at the bottom of his bio? Shouldn't it be moved somewhere else or even removed?

How do you correctly pronounce his name?

Inouye - ee-KNOW-weh

[edit] Recent Photo

Are there any recent photographs of Senator Inouye available? I would estimate the current one is early 1970's.

[edit] Correct Pronunciation

Inouye is actually pronounced "ee-know-OO-ay."

Please included his efforts to upgrade military citations for persons of Japanese ancestry; including himself. This worthy effort contains an uncomfortable element of self-service that should be included for proper balance.

WTF! "ee-know-OO-ay" is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wrong. That's basically the haole way of pronouncing his name. They turn ANY word ending in "e" as "ey". Listen to any marine stationed in Kaneohe pronounce the city name. Mr. Inouye's surname is spelled in Japanese as 井上（いのうえ）, which is romanized as "inoue". The use of "y" is old school and obsolete, but is still used by people with the surname who have been in the west for many generations, such as Mr. Inouye. Groink 04:41, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong link

The link in relation to the death of his wife was in fact a link to a NYT story about an accusation of inappropriate sexual behaviour against him. The report states that these were never proven, an apology was made by the accuser, and therefore this is not relevant and has been removed.

I might question why unfounded charges of pederasty remain in Arthur Clarke's article, while this accusation of sexual harrasment is purged as irrelevant. But leave that aside for the moment. Wikipedia's "Political Scandals" page still links here; that should be changed. ChrisWinter 15:17, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arm

The article says he lost his right arm in the war. Does he have a prosthetic one now? --BDD 08:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hardly A Japanese Slum

Dan Inouye's childhood was spent living in the Bingham Tract, affectionately known as "Chinese Hollywood." It was and is a solidly middle-class neighborhood of working families and small business-owners. The neighborhood was solidly Chinese and Inouye's family were the only AJA's on the block. Wealthy it was not, but it was far from being a slum.

The allegations by his 1992 opponent, Rick Reed, were politically motivated during a heated race for the US Senate seat. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kuasol1 (talk • contribs) 10:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Right Arm

I've met the senator several times, and I'm pretty sure he still has his right arm, but lost the use of it. I don't rightly know where to find a source for that info, but it didn't look like a prosthetic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.91.102.185 (talk) 20:16, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

He is missing his right arm and does not use a prosthesis. See his official bio. He generally wears his suit jackets long, and the sleeves may make it appear he still has a right arm. The few times I've met him, he always shook my hand with his left hand. He is also the only senator to have his ceremonial ink well on his senate desk situated to the left of the desk. All other senate ink wells are on the right.Dcmacnut 00:43, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


[edit] What total nonsense and a slap to those serving in Iraq

This whole war story is absurd. Inouye was shot by a sniper, ran up a hill, killed 25 Germans manning a MG nest, and then was hit by a hand gernade. Clinton gave him, and 21 other Japanese a MOH to pave the way for the 138 Medals of Honor covered under the JWV Act of 2001

The 'Go for broke' glory brigade was 3000 soldiers who served for eight months total at the end of the war. They were taken off the line for six months from June 1944 to april of 1945. The odds of them recieving 22 Medals of Honor are astronomical.

Professor Boris (talk) 22:36, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Appearance in the Ken Burns "War" Documentary

Daniel Inouye is one of the soldiers recounting their actions in World War II during the Ken Burns documentary, "The War".