SFC William Short (pictured above with son Chris), returned from serving in Iraq on Sunday along with the rest of Delta Company, and the timing couldn't have been a better.

“It was the perfect day to come back,” he said of the Father's Day reunion. “There couldn't have been a better day other that your kid's birthday.”

He was able to watch Chris and his Dairy Queen teammates rally for an 8-7 win in extra innings on Monday. It was the last game of the season for the team, but William's first.

Dairy Queen scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to make Chris the winning pitcher.

“This was the perfect game to come back and watch them,” William said. “It doesn't get much better.”

William has worked as Logan's Steel in Middlesboro since 2001 and the just completed deployment was his second in that time. By JAY COMPTON

Sports Editor

SFC William Short (pictured above with son Chris), returned from serving in Iraq on Sunday along with the rest of Delta Company, and the timing couldn't have been a better.

“It was the perfect day to come back,” he said of the Father's Day reunion. “There couldn't have been a better day other that your kid's birthday.”

He was able to watch Chris and his Dairy Queen teammates rally for an 8-7 win in extra innings on Monday. It was the last game of the season for the team, but William's first.

Dairy Queen scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to make Chris the winning pitcher.

“This was the perfect game to come back and watch them,” William said. “It doesn't get much better.”

William has worked as Logan's Steel in Middlesboro since 2001 and the just completed deployment was his second in that time.