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8 yr. old Organizes Parade for Iraq-bound Dad
Comments 0 | Recommend 0BLACKMAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Eight-year-old Rylee Dreffs wanted to give her father a proper send-off before he's deployed to Iraq.
So she organized a parade in his honor, right in their own Jackson-area neighborhood.
Last night's procession for Army Master Sergeant Shawn Dreffs featured a dozen children parading around the street and singing songs. About 50 people showed up to watch.
Rylee planned the event as a surprise to her 38-year-old father after finding out that a local military unit being deployed to Iraq was getting a parade.
He's a member of a different unit.
The 19-year veteran will be eligible to retire from the military after completing his 400-day tour. He works for Consumers Energy as an information technology analyst.
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