World War II Pacific veteran Arthur Lewis joins us to look back on a remarkable life, from growing up in Brooklyn and training on classified Navy radar systems to serving aboard LSM-238 during the Iwo Jima campaign. He shares firsthand memories of the landing force, Japanese prisoners, ship damage, mine sweeping after the war, and the humanity he witnessed in the middle of combat.
Arthur also discusses his postwar life at UCLA, working on early airborne radar at Hughes Aircraft, becoming a lawyer, arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court, and reflecting on it all at 100 years old.
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00:00 — Start
00:34 — Growing up in Brooklyn, adoption, and Brooklyn Tech before the war
04:40 — Why Arthur joined the Navy instead of being drafted into the Army
06:03 — Navy boot camp, electronics training, and learning secret radar systems
12:34 — Classified radar work and waiting for a Pacific assignment
16:22 — Assigned to LSM-238 and fixing radio gear before deployment
21:05 — Pearl Harbor, landing training, and preparing for the invasion force
28:54 — Marines, the armored bulldozer, and the tense trip toward Iwo Jima
32:54 — Arriving off Iwo Jima: battleships, air attacks, and the landing
37:00 — Taking Japanese prisoners and seeing humanity in the middle of war
40:55 — Getting wounded, climbing aboard a transport, and finally getting a real meal
47:36 — Ship damage, Pearl Harbor repairs, and mine sweeping after the war
55:41 — UCLA, Hughes Aircraft, and working on early airborne radar systems
01:09:04 — Becoming a lawyer and building a 50-year criminal defense career
01:15:43 — Arguing a search-and-seizure case before the U.S. Supreme Court
01:32:57 — The Whitey Bulger case, retiring from law, and reflections at 100 years old
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