A soldier returning home from deployment overseas decided to give his son a big surprise in the most heart warming way.

Corporal James Bass had been stationed for a year in Kuwait, according to ABC 11. On Friday, he decided to show up for picture day at his 8-year-old son Joshua's school. The third grader at Pearsontown Magnet Elementary was getting his picture taken when his dad snuck up behind him, completely unaware, and photobombed his picture.

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When the photographer showed Joshua the picture, he still didn't know what was going on...until he turned around and saw his dad standing there.

Watch video HERE.