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Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Brothers Jim Miller, John Rosetti and Al Miller, left to right, all of them U.S. Navy Vietnam veterans, pose for a photo in front of the Lone Sailor on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2014. at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Brothers Jim Miller, John Rosetti and Al Miller, left to right, all of them U.S. Navy Vietnam veterans, pose for a photo in front of the Lone Sailor on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2014. at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Retired Navy Capt. Steven Dailey salutes during a wreath-laying ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial on Nov. 11, 2014. Dailey made more than 1,000 carrier landings

Retired Navy Capt. Steven Dailey salutes during a wreath-laying ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial on Nov. 11, 2014. Dailey made more than 1,000 carrier landings (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

From right to left, Jim Miller, Gene Bernhardt, John Rosetti and Bob Lyons salute during a wreath-laying ceremony on Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

From right to left, Jim Miller, Gene Bernhardt, John Rosetti and Bob Lyons salute during a wreath-laying ceremony on Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Vietnam veteran Jim Miller salutes during a Veterans Day 2014 ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Vietnam veteran Jim Miller salutes during a Veterans Day 2014 ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Day 2014 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Meredith Tibbetts/Stars and Stripes)

WASHINGTON — “It’s a day that reminds me of all the friends that I’ve lost over the years,” retired Navy Capt. Steven Dailey said.

Dailey was at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., where a small crowd enjoyed unseasonably warm weather for a Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony that was sandwiched between two other events: Authors on Deck and the Veterans Writing Project.

Dailey made more than 1,000 carrier landings during his time in the U.S. Navy, between 1979 and 1999.

Among the others on hand wee brothers Al and Jim Miller and John Rosetti, along with their friend Gene Bernhardt, all U.S. Navy Vietnam veterans.

tibbetts.meredith@stripes.com Twitter: @mjtibbs

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