Family reunited after service member's surprise return


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SPRINGVILLE — Petty Officer First Class Matt Golding surprised his family on Tuesday with a homecoming that has been in the works for months.

Golding has spent the past seven months serving with the Navy Reserve in Afghanistan after he was deployed a year ago.

The naval officer first surprised his mother then visited his first grade daughter and her teacher — who also happens to be his wife — at Cherry Creek Elementary School.

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