Queen Latifah reunites soldier with her dog

Soldier and her doggy 'daughter' reunite on national TV
Army
By Somer Breeze-Hanson
October 4, 2013

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (Oct. 4, 2013) -- When Capt. Jessamyn Jempson returned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord this summer after a year-long deployment to Afghanistan, her best friend wasn't there to greet her.

That's because a special reunion between the Soldier with the 3rd Explosive Ordnance Battalion, and Emma, a 4-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback, was planned to take place in Los Angeles three days later.

"It was hard to wait," Jempson said.

Jempson arrived home Aug. 5, and flew to California with her mother with an invitation from Queen Latifah, host of the daytime talk show "The Queen Latifah Show."
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