WAS LIKE ON THE BATTLEFIELDS. >> IT WASN’T A GOOD DAY. IT WASN’T A GOOD THING. CAROLYN: ERNIE MICKA WAS ALMOST HOME FREE. >> I ALREADY HAD 10 AND A HALF MONTHS IN THE ARMY AND I WAS DUE TO GET OUT IN A MONTH AND A HALF, BUT WE NEVER DID PEARL HARBOR KEPT US IN THE ARMY. CAROLYN: MICKA WAS A COMBAT ENGINEER IN THE 9TH INFANTRY. >> EVERYWHERE THERE WAS A PROBLEM, THE 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION WAS THERE >> ♪ CAROLYN: 78 YEARS LATER, HE IS SURROUNDED BY FELLOW VETERANS AT LOUISVILLE’S FRAZIER HISTORY MUSEUM. THE GROUP PAUSES TO HONOR THE LIVES LOST WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR, AND TO REMEMBER HOW THEIR LIVES CHANGED. >> WHEN IT CAME OVER THE RADIO, MY DAD LOOKED AT US BOYS AND HE SAID, SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO TAKE A TRIP. AND WE SAID, WELL, IF IT’S GOT TO BE, IT’S GOT TO BE. CAROLYN: HONOR FLIGHT BLUEGRASS HOSTED THE PEARL HARBOR DAY EVENT. THE GROUP FLIES VETERANS TO WASHINGTON, D.C., TO VISIT WAR MEMORIALS AND ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. SATURDAY’S EVENT WAS A CHANC FOR WORLD WAR II VETERANS TO LOOK BACK AT THEIR SERVICE. >> WE’VE GOT A GREAT COUNTRY, DON’T LET ANYBODY EVER KID YOU. CAROLYN: SHARE STORIES. >> HOW OLD ARE YOU, HORACE? >> 28. [LAUGHTER] >> WE THOUGHT AT THAT TIME THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE LAST WAR. BUT AS WE KNOW, THAT’S NOT THE CASE. CAROLYN: AND REMEMBER. >> I COVERED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I WAS IN EVERY MINUTE OF I