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Military dad photobombs son at school picture day

School picture day sucks. But not for this kid.

 

Marisa Kabas

IRL

Posted on Apr 20, 2015   Updated on May 29, 2021, 12:52 am CDT

School picture day is notoriously awful for children across the country: uncomfortable clothes, forced smiles, and some stranger telling you to tilt your head in the most unnatural way. But 8-year-old Joshua Bass had a decidedly excellent picture day.

His dad, Corporal James Bass, has been deployed in Kuwait for months now, and returned to surprise his son at Pearsontown Magnet Elementary in Durham, N.C.

ABC 11 in Raleigh, N.C., caught the heartwarming photobomb on camera, and our pants caught many tears as we watched the footage.

Screengrab via ABC 11

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*First Published: Apr 20, 2015, 7:27 pm CDT