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Students welcome soldier back through song

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    Special assembly for classmate's father

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Sounds like a hero's welcome.

Singing proud to be an American to welcome home their classmates father -- is back from Afghanistan.

First sergeant John bald and his daughter ten year old MacKey.

Who helped arrange your dad welcome home assembly that you -- they -- at the school they are both here to join us what an honor for us we've been talking about your story on fox for.

The last few days and it's just wonderful to see you in Hurst and you're so cute I love your dress -- in San -- tell me how you organize this assembly what that day was like when your -- came home.

On Halloween.

The Zairean.

I'm not especially at every point -- together Fiat alliance and is there any -- Exciting in it -- you can feel like that -- amendments.

Fixated frame -- homecoming I'm sure and what was that like for you to come see your daughter at all her friends supporting the -- school.

It is certainly was it was it was overwhelming.

Coming from such a small community and to have him on the amount of support that would.

Was shown that day was.

Is -- did you ever expect all of us to get the national coverage.

Absolutely not there that you do you've been gone and you were in Afghanistan for a year can't back up -- Previously served in Iraq for every year.

To -- you've missed a lot of and that's the sacrifice you make in the military it is -- Is certainly -- a lot of growing up from just Maggie in my son -- well this last year so I was reading she's in fourth grade when you laughed.

And then now she's in fifth grade.

And then you have the younger son to what is it like to have your dad back home.

It's hacked it.

-- When he was Diana had like a lot of his responsibilities.

So when he came back checking it -- cannot.

He took responsibility.

And I got to play -- top five right yeah -- not that help.

The little brother feeding him back -- -- -- and -- yeah isn't that and -- -- every -- the holidays it's tested even more special.

-- what do you want for Christmas.

I think you got your your present in your debt and now you have a kite in between you if you read if they want to -- -- the kite runner you know Afghanistan that's part of the culture and I'm assuming that's what the cuts -- tell me the story behind the -- Time nastiness CNET second mistake to addition it like hey it's so before you left land can't think JT's team this -- state train.

Made this commitment there has things and he said that they had kind of -- -- -- And so.

They -- made them.

-- at the -- and they pay and mean captain that I -- and -- that -- on Tuesday when he came me.

Look we want it to flatten.

What -- it was -- -- -- so when he got a flat.

Add that insane and -- that's great that's great any last inning last words you wanna say lots of people out there supporting and watching.

You know I it was just great to have such a small community come out in full force.

I know that I deploy is one of thousands each year in and to have one community stand up like this really means a lot.

You went to elementary school right I am -- -- necessity that special.

We're glad you're home thank you for serving and thank you for sacrifice -- -- and Q you're welcome.

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