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Soldier returns from Middle East to surprise daughter at UNG graduation
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Taylor Kirby, a biology major at the University of North Georgia, cries when her father, Chip Kirby, a deployed Army colonel, surprises her at graduation on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele
A University of North Georgia student found herself with an extra guest attending her graduation on Saturday when her deployed father surprised her and the rest of the family at the ceremony on the school’s Dahlonega campus.