Marine surprises family when he returns from Uganda sooner than expected

MARINE LYTLE MAKES AN UNEXPECTED, EARLY APPEARANCE
Marine surprises family when he returns from Uganda sooner than expected
Daily Record
By BOBBY WARREN Staff Writer
Published: January 19, 2014

WOOSTER -- Members of the John and Lydia Lytle family filled Declaration CrossFit Friday afternoon, and they all looked ready for a rigorous round of training.

Donning workout gear, the family bided their time waiting for a reporter and photographer to get some video equipment set up to do a story about the business, which is owned by the couple's four children.

Just about the time everything was ready to go, a big, burly, red-headed man busted through the large, steel door, surprising them and bringing them to tears.

Wally Lytle, a Marine who spent most of the past year deployed in Uganda, was home, and it utterly shocked his parents and siblings.

Lydia Lytle screamed and buried her face in her hands. The petite woman leapt into the large arms of her son and clutched him tightly around the neck. Still in tears, she just stepped away, directing others to welcome the U.S. Marine Corps sergeant home as she tried to process everything unfolding before her.

"It's wonderful," Lydia Lytle said. "It's great. I can't believe he's home. It's been a long time."

It's been 227 days, to be exact. Lauren Hicks knows.

Hicks shed tears, too, when she saw her boyfriend bust through the doorway.
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Jan 18, 2014
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Wally Lytle shocked his family when he came home from deployment in Uganda a week earlier than they expected him. You have to see his mother's reaction. It is priceless.