Coming home for Christmas! Heartwarming photos show US Marines returning to their families for the first time in nine months - as one meets his newborn daughter
Marines came back to Camp Pendleton Friday in Oceanside, California after being deployed for nine months
Their families waited for them to arrive and children were overjoyed to finally be able to hug their fathers
The Marines who came home on Friday served as part of the special purpose Marine air-ground task force
Were deployed in the Middle East for nine months and supported anti-ISIS campaign and regional security
By Clemence Michallon For Dailymail.com
Published: 01:20 EST, 17 December 2016 | Updated: 07:39 EST, 17 December 2016
A group of US Marines came home for the first time in nine months on Friday, giving their loved ones long-overdue hugs.
The Marines arrived Friday for a homecoming at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California, where they were reunited with their wives and children.
Friday marked their return from a nine-month deployment in the Middle East, where they joined the anti-Isis campaign Operation Inherent Resolve.
The Marines are part of the special purpose Marine air-ground task force - crisis response.
One of them met his baby daughter for the first time as he arrived to Camp Pendleton. Hai Vuong held the newborn tenderly as his wife Yenny looked on.
Little Reagan held a sign as she waited for her father to arrive and was later pictured in his arms.
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