Mililani's comments about the late Senator were responded to at the time it was made.  As she pointed out then, this information became Public in Hawaii on the 50th Anniversary of the 442nd celebration.  At that time, there was a huge banquet to honor the 442nd in Waikiki, a well known Democrat and member of the 442nd introduced the late Senator with a little story about how he took jewelry from dead civilians and wore it on his hand.  It was the hand that was later lost in an explosion.  One media stringer picked up the story and contacted the Senator who admitted it was true because the jewelry was a "momento" to honor the dead.  This is where that name came from.  Mililani did NOT manufacture that name.  Mililani worked with the late Senator, Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell and Senator Inouye's staffer Pat DeLeon to draft and lobby the Native Hawaiian Health bills that created the Native Hawaiian Healthcare System.  You don't seem old enough to know the details surrounding this incident!