Ex-POWs gather with friends, family at Freedom Park for ceremony

Members of the Las Vegas 7-11 Chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War gathered with friends, family and Nellis Air Force Base airmen for a wreath-placing ceremony Friday, Sept 19, 2014, at Freedom Park to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action.

An Air Force Junior ROTC cadet from Rancho High School place a daisy in a wreath during a ceremony Friday, Sept 19, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Members of the Las Vegas 7-11 Chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War observe a wreath placed by Col. Thomas Dempsey during a ceremony Friday, Sept 19, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Ex-POW Dean Whitaker talks about what freedom means to him during a ceremony Friday, Sept 19, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Ex-POW Gene Ramos talks about what freedom means to him during a ceremony Friday, Sept 19, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Ex-POW Carroll Knutson talks about what freedom means to him during a ceremony Friday, Sept 19, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Ex-POW Steve Long talks about what freedom means to him during a ceremony Friday, Sept 19, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Air Force Junior ROTC cadets from Rancho High School stand at parade rest during a ceremony Friday, Sept 19, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Ex-Prisoners of War Steve Long, from left, Gene Ramos, Carroll Knutson and Dean Whitaker pray during a ceremony Friday, Sept 19, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action. Ex-POW Joe North sits in the second row between Long and Ramos (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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