Retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Gene Castagnetti, cemetery

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Gene Castagnetti, cemetery director, escorts President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama to their seats as they arrive at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific for a Dec. 23, 2012 memorial service in honor of Sen. Daniel K. Inouye. Inouye was a U.S. Army World War II combat veteran with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, who earned the nation's highest award for military valor, the Medal of Honor. Inouye became Hawaii's first congressman following statehood in 1959; he won election to the Senate in 1962. He was the first Japanese-American elected to both the House and Senate and was serving his ninth term in the Senate when he died from respiratory complications at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Dec. 17, 2012. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)