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WATCH ABOVE: Joshua Bass didn’t know just how memorable his latest class picture would be.

TORONTO – A third grader in North Carolina got the surprise of his life recently when he was photobombed by his father, a soldier who he thought was still fighting overseas.

In a video recorded by WTVD, eight-year-old Joshua Bass calmly stood as a photographer prepared to capture his annual school picture at Pearsontown Magnet Elementary.

While Joshua kept his focus on the photographer, his father, Corporal James Bass, stepped out from behind a background to strike a funny pose behind his son.

Joshua eventually noticed something odd while reviewing the pictures with the photographer. He immediately turned around and leaped into his father’s arms for a very emotional reunion.

Bass spent months in Kuwait, according to ABC, and is currently on leave.

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