veterans affairs, fewer than a quarter of a million u.s. world war ii veterans are still alive. every passing anniversary of the date, which will live in infamy, grows more and more important. >> it is a hero's sendoff eight decades in the making. jack holder was enlisted in the navy as a machinist. frank was a navy machine. david russell was on the u.s.s. oklahoma and 101 cass phillips was a radio man on a flying boat. >> that the japanese have attacked pearl harbor. >> when japanese fighters and bombers started their attack on pearl harbor. they're among 63 world war ii veterans boarding this american airlines flight to hawaii. >> pearl harbor means a lot. >> this is an all-volunteer