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DONGDUCHEON, South Korea - With behind the scenes coordination by Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 72nd Armor Regiment, Benjamin Eugene Rankin Jr. surprised his son, Pvt. Benjamin Eugene Rankin III, for his 25th birthday.
Pvt. Rankin, a Campbellsburg, Ky., native, serves as a tank crewman in Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 72nd Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Casey, South Korea.
Pvt. Rankin shares his birthday with the Army’s birthday, June 14. The reunion had been planned for several months by his family without his knowledge but also allowed for father and son to be reunited for Father’s Day. Benjamin Eugene Rankin Jr. is a former soldier and after this special surprise the two will spend the time catching up and touring some of Pvt. Rankin’s favorite places in South Korea.
Pvt. Rankin was working in the battalion’s motor pool before the surprise and believed he was being interviewed by the brigade public affairs office about his role in the tank crew, his choice of job specialty in the military and some of his experiences as a soldier stationed with the Army’s only remaining forward-deployed division, the 2nd Infantry Division.
This is Pvt. Rankin’s first duty station since joining the Army and he has been stationed in Korea since January 2013.
| Date Taken: | 06.13.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 06.13.2013 07:43 |
| Story ID: | 108586 |
| Location: | DONGDUCHEON, 41, KR |
| Hometown: | CAMPBELLSBURG, KY, US |
| Web Views: | 106 |
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