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U.S. Marine Pvt. Marquez Cooper King wasn’t expected home for the holidays. Family members in Dallas were told he was unable to get leave from his post at Fort Leonardwood in Missouri. In his absence, family members from San Antonio, Fort Worth and Dallas for a group Christmas photo shoot. But when his maternal grandmother, mother and sister arrived at a relative’s home for the Dec. 19 session, they got instead an unexpected surprise. They were apparently the only ones not aware of Marquez’ return home. “It was just a tactic to get us there to my son’s house,” said his grandmother, Lupe ...

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