Serviceman returns early from Iraq to a rock star Christmas Eve homecoming

I'm sure nothing this soldier receives for Christmas will top this hero's welcome.

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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Welcome home and thank you for serving.

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Reply#30 - Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:49 AM EST
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