matt: you know the amazing thing about being 100 is? a year ago i was 99. nobody paid attention to me. didn t care. i became 100, my god. anthony: matt klein, the owner, proprietor, at max club deuce turned 100 years old this year. yes, 100. he s still here. the cigarette smoke and dark dank atmosphere pretty good for a guy that s seen it all. matt: that s 73 years ago. fort bening, georgia. i was in the second army division. anthony: matt klein came to miami in 1945 from new york s lower east side by way of the battle of normandy. matt: i came here because i was wounded and the warm weather was much better for me. anthony: but there was a lot of g.i.s during the war here, right? matt: the war made miami beach for the simple reason that people were stationed here, and they saw a world that they
nobody paid attention to me. didn t care. i became 100, my god. matt klein, the owner, proprietor, at max club deuce turned 100 years old this year. yes, 100. he s still here. the cigarette smoke and dark dank atmosphere pretty good for a guy that s seen it all. that s 73 years ago. fort bening, georgia. i was in the second army division. matt klein came from new york s lower east side by way of the battle of normandy. i came here because i was wounded and the warm weather was much better for me. but there was a lot of g.i.s during the war here, right? they saw a world that they didn t believe. during world war ii, miami saw a massive influx of military
a guy who s seen it all. that s 73 years ago. ft. benning, georgia. i was in the second army division. matt came to miami in 1985 from new york s low ee eer east by way of the battle of normandy. i came here because i was wounded and the warm weather was much better for me. but there was a lot of g.i.s during the war here, right? they saw a world that they didn t believe. during world war ii, miami saw a massive influx of military personnel. hotels, which had seen a sharp drop in business, made a deal with the government to house troops at the pty resorts. they told their parents about it. their parents came down, son came down, they opened their businesses here, and they were basically jewish at the time and that s how it started. by the fall of 1942, more than 78,000 troops were living in 300 hotels in miami and miami beach. how long have you been
this man, matt klein. you re going to have to remember you re speaking to 100-year-old man. i know. you look good. raise your voice a little bit. you look good. if i look that good when i m 60, i ll be happy. you know what the amazing thing about being 100 is? a year ago i was 99. nobody paid attention to me. didn t care. i became 100, my god. matt klein, the owner, proprietor, at max club deuce turned 100 years old this year. yes, 100. he s still here. the cigarette smoke and dark dank atmosphere pretty good for a guy that s seen it all. that s 73 years ago. fort bening, georgia. i was in the second army division. matt klein came from new york s lower east side by way of the battle of normandy. i came here because i was
i was in the second army division. matt klein came from new york s lower east side by way of the battle of normandy. i came here because i was wounded and the warm weather was much better for me. but there was a lot of g.i.s during the war here, right? they saw a world that they didn t believe. during world war ii, miami saw a massive influx of military personnel. hotels, which had seen a sharp drop in business, made a deal with the government to house troops at the empty resorts. they told their parents about it. their parents came down, son came down, they opened their businesses here, and they were basically jewish at the time and that s how it started. by the fall of 1942, more than 78,000 troops were living in 300 hotels in miami and miami beach. how long have you been