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Daniel Inouye: “On December 7, 1941, I was a 17-year-old boy getting ready to go to church.”

On the recordOctober 18, 2011
On December 7, 1941, I was a 17-year-old boy getting ready to go to church.
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Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Inouye recalls his experience during the Pearl Harbor attack.

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