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Soldier returns home from Iraq early, surprises his mom

By CNN Newsource

Published April 2, 2022 9:29 AM

By WCBS Staff

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HILLSDALE, New Jersey (WCBS) — Staffers at a New Jersey school helped a soldier surprise his mom.

Sgt. Jake Pletsch had been stationed in Iraq since March 2021, but he got home a month earlier than expected.

His sister and staff at George White Middle School in Hillsdale staged a “Lost and Found Day.”

Pletsch was the last lost-and-found item of the day, and the auditorium erupted in cheers for the mother-son reunion.

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