Marine to spend holidays at home with newborn twins

Suburban Marine to spend holidays at home with newborn twins, family
Michelle Gallardo
ABC News
December 22, 2012
AURORA, Ill. WLS

A surprise party turned one strong marine a bit emotional Saturday night.

Two days after Sergeant Micheal Iwanski's return from Afghanistan, Operation Welcome You Home partnered up with his wife Corporal Alyssa Iwanski to throw this Aurora marine a surprise party.

"When we see his face and beaming ear to ear it's the best joy, best reward i can have," Donna Morsovillo of Operation Welcome You Home said.

A police motorcade escorted the young couple and their three daughters to a local pub where relatives, friends and perfect strangers paid tribute to this clearly emotional father and marine.

"I was just thinking about the guys who didn't make it home. Those are my heroes. They are the guys I look up to," he said.
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