When Corporal James Bass returned home on Friday after a year of deployment in Kuwait, he headed straight for his son Joshua's elementary school in Durham, North Carolina.
There, the 8-year-old was gearing up for school picture day, ABC11 reports. When the moment came to take the photo, Bass quietly jumped into the shot behind Joshua.
It was only when the school photographer showed the little boy his photo that a surprised Joshua turned and jumped into his father's arms.
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