Tison Junior Optimist Club receives surprise visit from U.S. Army Sergeant

Sgt. Johnson told the students they did not know how much he and his squadron appreciated all of the donated snack items, and the plaque he presented to the Junior Optimist Club members included both a U.S. flag and Afghanistan flag that had flown inside an aircraft during a drone mission.

Sgt. Johnson now lives in Minnesota and is a member of the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, Detachment 1 Operating Base Fenty.

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Tison Middle School Junior Optimist Club students, sponsor Michelle Grubbs, and Assistant Principal Trace Craft surround Sgt. Neil Johnson Thursday in the Tison Middle School Cafeteria (photo by DERIK MOORE).
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