Dog reunites with soldier dad home from Afghanistan

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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Day after day a South Jersey dog sat by his front door, waiting for his soldier dad would walk through.

After 7 months, that faithful friend's dream came true.

The joyous reunion between US Army Special Forces Sargeant Paul DiPaolo and his beloved pit bull, Simba, was captured on video.

Paul's wife, April, tells us Simba cried and moped around while his owner was serving in Afghanistan.

But, as you can see all was forgiven when his best friend returned home.

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