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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"
To: NakedRampage
If she had spelled it wrong, would he have not come out? lol.
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posted on
10/13/2011 6:02:58 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: GeronL
That would have beeen awkward... :)
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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))
To: NakedRampage
She would forget all about it when he came in though.
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posted on
10/13/2011 6:17:02 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: NakedRampage
Ounce again we have to go to the Brit press for the real news about what is happening in our country.
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posted on
10/13/2011 6:30:08 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again.")
To: NakedRampage
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posted on
10/13/2011 6:47:06 AM PDT
by
stylin19a
(obama -> poster boy for Einstein's definition of insanity)
To: NakedRampage
Why do we have to read about this in a foriegn paper? Oh yeah, scratch that.....
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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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