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Navy dad surprises family with early return home at Tennessee basketball game

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The waterworks were out in Knoxville on Saturday after a memorable family surprise.

The family of Lieutenant Commander Zachary Smith took to center court for the 17th-ranked Vols' game against No. 20 Illinois for what they thought was just a video from the Navy dad.

But they got the surprise of a lifetime, as Smith was actually at the game. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM A detailed view of the "T" logo of the Tennessee Volunteers as they line up for the National Anthem before playing the North Carolina Tar Heels on November 29, 2023, at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

North Carolina won 100-92.  (Peyton Williams/UNC/Getty Images) Smith had been deployed in Guantánamo Bay for 10 months, according to the Vols.

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