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US soldier returns from Iraq to surprise daughter as she gets 'sergeant' right at spelling bee
DailyMail.co.uk ^ | 10/13/11 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 10/13/2011 5:52:32 AM PDT by NakedRampage

Skylar Johnson had not seen her father since last Christmas when she stepped on stage for her school's spelling bee on Friday.

So when the moderator asked the nine-year-old how to spell 'sergeant', she was overcome with emotion when he appeared from behind the curtain.

Staff Sergeant Therron Johnson and his little girl embraced for the first time in almost a year at Boca Raton Elementary in Florida

An Avionics Line Supervisor with Charlie Company of the 1,111th Florida National Guard, Sergeant Johnson has been serving in Iraq for the past ten months.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: homecoming; iraqiveterans; military; militaryfamilies; soldier; welcomehome
Full title: "How do you spell love? The heart-melting moment US soldier returns from Iraq to surprise daughter as she gets 'sergeant' right at spelling bee"
1 posted on 10/13/2011 5:52:39 AM PDT by NakedRampage
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To: NakedRampage

If she had spelled it wrong, would he have not come out? lol.


2 posted on 10/13/2011 6:02:58 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: GeronL

That would have beeen awkward... :)


3 posted on 10/13/2011 6:04:14 AM PDT by NakedRampage (Fortis cadere, cedere non potest (A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield))
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To: NakedRampage

She would forget all about it when he came in though.


4 posted on 10/13/2011 6:17:02 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: NakedRampage

Ounce again we have to go to the Brit press for the real news about what is happening in our country.


5 posted on 10/13/2011 6:30:08 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again.")
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To: NakedRampage

PING


6 posted on 10/13/2011 6:47:06 AM PDT by stylin19a (obama -> poster boy for Einstein's definition of insanity)
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To: NakedRampage

Why do we have to read about this in a foriegn paper? Oh yeah, scratch that.....


7 posted on 10/13/2011 7:52:55 AM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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