School keeps secret as Marine Dad comes home early

Marine Dad Gives Kids Heartwarming Surprise With Early Homecoming
CBS Los Angeles
January 30, 2014

MURRIETA (CBSLA.com) — A local Marine dad gave his two children the surprise of their young lives Thursday.

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Ronald Clement was not expected to be home from a five-month deployment in Afghanistan for another six weeks, but when the military father arrived home early he used the opportunity to surprise his son and daughter at school.

CBS2′s Tom Wait reports Jayda Clement, a student at Shivela Middle School in Murrieta, walked toward the stage expecting the principal to deliver her honor roll certificate.

Instead, she found her dad waiting with open arms, telling her, “I’m so proud of you.”

The father and daughter were overcome with emotion.

“You’re making me cry, stop,” he told her.

The school’s principal, the district and family worked hard to keep the secret to make sure the moment was possible.
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