Neil Abercrombie: “50 years ago this year Senator Daniel Inouye was fighting to liberate Italy from Nazi oppression. He lost his arm and…”

“50 years ago this year Senator Daniel Inouye was fighting to liberate Italy from Nazi oppression. He lost his arm and almost his life, as did many other American soldiers of Japanese ancestry. What a savage irony it is that Senator Inouye and other veterans of the 442d and the 100th Battalions have to listen to the kind of mockery that was displayed on the 50th anniversary of the defeat of nazism by Senator Alfonse D'Amato. I trust that Senator D'Amato will display some sense of shame. I would like to believe it was an anomaly, that it was something that was spontaneous and not well thought out. I would like to think that Senator D'Amato would have the common courtesy, as well as a sense of shame, to let Senator Inouye and all Americans of Japanese ancestry know that he apologizes.”