Daniel Inouye: “on March 25, 2001, I returned to my home State of Hawaii to attend the 50th Anniversary Memorial Service of the 442nd…”

“on March 25, 2001, I returned to my home State of Hawaii to attend the 50th Anniversary Memorial Service of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The memorial address was presented by Mr. H. David Burge, Director of the Spark M. Matsunaga Veterans Affairs Medical & Regional Office Center in Honolulu. I was moved and impressed by his remarks, and I wish to share them with the American people. I ask that Mr. Burge's address be part of the Record. The remarks follow: I am very honored to be the first speaker in the 21st century at the 442nd Veterans Club's 58th Anniversary Memorial Service here at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. This morning is time to remember and pay special tribute to boyhood friends and classmates lost in battle, dear friends and loved ones no longer with us, and cherished members of the 442nd who continue to serve as good family and community elders and leaders.”