Photo of the day: Soldier comes home early to the surprise of his 4-year-old daughter
U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Dan Gustavson, of the 312th Medical Logistics Company out of Seagoville, Texas, hugs daughter Aria during a surprise homecoming at Vision Dance and Learning in South Jordan on Monday, May 3, 2021. Gustavson has been serving in Iraq for nine months. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Four-year-old Aria Gustavson got a special surprise at her South Jordan preschool Monday when her father, U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Dan Gustavson, walked through the door.
Aria thought her father, who has been deployed for nine months in Iraq with the 312th Medical Logistics Company out of Seagoville, Texas, wouldn’t be home for another month.
Following the reunion, Gustavson taught the students at Vision Dance and Learning about where he had been and why.
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Aria Gustavson hugs her father, U.S. Army reservist Staff Sgt. Dan Gustavson, of the 312th Medical Logistics Company out of Seagoville, Texas, during a surprise homecoming at Vision Dance and Learning in South Jordan on Monday, May 3, 2021. Gustavson has been serving in Iraq for nine months. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Aria Gustavson reacts to seeing her father, U.S. Army reservist Staff Sgt. Dan Gustavson, of the 312th Medical Logistics Company out of Seagoville, Texas, during a surprise homecoming at Vision Dance and Learning in South Jordan on Monday, May 3, 2021. Gustavson has been serving in Iraq for nine months. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Aria Gustavson sings a patriotic song with other students at Vision Dance and Learning in South Jordan on Monday, May 3, 2021. Aria's father, U.S. Army reservist Staff Sgt. Dan Gustavson, returned from a nine-month deployment in Iraq with the 312th Medical Logistics Company out of Seagoville, Texas, and surprised her on Monday. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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U.S. Army reservist Staff Sgt. Dan Gustavson, of the 312th Medical Logistics Company out of Seagoville, Texas, hugs daughter Aria during a surprise homecoming at Vision Dance and Learning in South Jordan on Monday, May 3, 2021. Gustavson has been serving in Iraq for nine months. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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U.S. Army reservist Staff Sgt. Dan Gustavson, of the 312th Medical Logistics Company out of Seagoville, Texas, walks with daughter Aria and wife Heidi during a surprise homecoming at Vision Dance and Learning in South Jordan on Monday, May 3, 2021. Dan Gustavson has been serving in Iraq for nine months. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Aria Gustavson smiles a she looks up at her father, U.S. Army reservist Staff Sgt. Dan Gustavson, of the 312th Medical Logistics Company out of Seagoville, Texas, at Vision Dance and Learning in South Jordan on Monday, May 3, 2021. Gustavson, who served a nine-month deployment in Iraq, surprised Aria at her preschool on Monday. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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