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Bryan Patrick / Sacramento Bee via Zuma Press
At terminal A at the Sacramento Airport, left to right, wife of Darryl Oleson and daughters Kyli center, and Cieva, get excited as their husband and father Darryl Oleson makes his way down the escalator escorted by an honor guard. Oleson, a Citrus Heights police officer who's in the military reserve is home early from a tour in Iraq. Police officers and his family meet him at the airport for this Christmas Eve surprise on Dec. 24.
Bryan Patrick / Sacramento Bee via Zuma Press
At the bottom the the escalator, Citrus Heights police officers salute in the background, as Darryl Oleson hugs his daughters Cieva, and Kyli, as his wife Lea, wipes tears away. Darryl Oleson, a Citrus Heights police officer who's in the military reserve is home early from a tour in Iraq at the Sacramento Airport Terminal A. Police officers and his family meet him at the airport on Dec. 24.
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It's difficult to type with teary eyes. This is divine!
Welcome home and may god bless you and your family> semper fi
Thank God you are home safe and sound. God bless you for all you are doing for your country.
...and as it should be...welcome home!!
"To love is to admire with the heart, to admire is to love with the mind."
Thank you and welcome home!
Former Marine, United States Marine Corps.....
God Bless you and your family.
CW04 Emerick
212th Air Battalion
US Army
They are home. They are HOME! Thank you God. They are home. We love you all.
Awesome! Welcome Home!! and Merry Christmas!
Thank You and Have A Very Merry Christmas.
God Bless you =)
Best Holiday picture. Thank you for your service.
Carry on soldier, merry christmas.
God bless, thank you for your service and Merry Christmas !
Merry Christmas to You and your Family! I thank you for your service. We should never forget the men and women around the world who protect us so that we may enjoy life!
First: THANK-YOU.
Second: Welcome Home.
Third: Merry Christmas (which I am sure it will be...)
Welcome home! Thank you for your service! What an awesome Christmas present for everyone who sees this.
Welcome home from one vet to another!
Just wonderful. It brought back memories of when my father came home from Vietnam on Dec 23....there's nothing that can fully explain that feeling.
Welcome home brother! No matter how many times I deployed that joy of seeing your family never gets old.
God Bless you and your family.
WELCOME HOME SOLDIER. how about we bring the rest of the troops home NOW. GOD BLESS THEM ALL.
" ... and may all your Christmases be bright."
Thank you!
Merry Christmas!!
Welcome home hero.
Rod Early
HMC/USN/RET
Wow,
If this story and pics doesn`t put a lump in your throat,,I don`t know what will. This will a a great day to truely give thanks to all that protect our GOD given freedoms. Bless you America.
Good too see he finished his tour of killing the innocent people early. He must have beat his daily quota.
You ignorant scum scuker==go die somewhere
How about all the innocent people killed on 9/11...you must be a real moron.