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Daniel Inouye: “You've brought up a matter that's very personal to me because during the war I got about 30 transfusions. I just must…”

On the recordJune 5, 2012
You've brought up a matter that's very personal to me because during the war I got about 30 transfusions. I just must have been lucky.
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Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii

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Inouye shares his personal experience with blood transfusions during the war.

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