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Trailed by a few family members, Army PFC Anthony Rodarte approaches the home of his cousin Allison Garcia in Elk Grove on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Allison is a Junior at Elk Grove High School who recently found herself without a date for her school's Junior Prom. Her cousin, Anthony Rodarte returned from a 9-month deployment in Afghanistan and made a surprise visit to take her to the prom. -
Allison Garcia 16, left, is surprised at the front door of her home in Elk Grove by her cousin Army PFC Anthony Rodarte on Saturday. The two, accompanied by several family members had dinner at a restaurant in Elk Grove and then proceeded to the school's dance. -
Army PFC Anthony Rodarte embraces his cousin Allison Garcia in Elk Grove on Saturday. -
Allison Garcia 16, left, gets a wrist corsage from her cousin Army PFC Anthony Rodarte at Garcia's home in Elk Grove on Saturday. -
Andrea Galea, left, her daughter, Allison Garcia 16, and family friend Kirsten Mogensen exit Allison's home on their way to her high school prom in Elk Grove on Saturday. -
Allison Garcia 16, left, is helped into a vehicle by her cousin Army PFC Anthony Rodarte at Allison's home in Elk Grove on Saturday. -
Allison Garcia 16, left, and her cousin Army PFC Anthony Rodarte enjoy a dinner at a local restaurant in Elk Grove on Saturday. -
Army PFC Anthony Rodarte, left, and his cousin Allison Garcia enter Garcia's high school Junior Prom at the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento on Saturday -
Army PFC Anthony Rodarte, left, and his cousin Allison Garcia are photographed by Garcia's mother Andrea Galea during Allison's high school Junior Prom at the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento on Saturday. -
Army PFC Anthony Rodarte, left, and his cousin Allison Garcia enter Allison's high school Junior Prom at the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento on Saturday. -
Allison Garcia, left, and her cousin Army PFC Anthony Rodarte enjoy Allison's high school Junior Prom at the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento on Saturday. -
Allison Garcia, left, and her cousin Army PFC Anthony Rodarte enjoy Allison's high school Junior Prom at the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento on Saturday. -
Allison Garcia, left, and her cousin Army PFC Anthony Rodarte enjoy Allison's high school Junior Prom at the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento on Saturday. -
Allison Garcia, left, is hugged by her cousin Army PFC Anthony Rodarte at Allison's high school Junior Prom at the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento on Saturday, March 2, 2013. School district rules would not allow Rodarte to stay for the event, so after a brief appearance, he left Allison to enjoy the dance with her friends.
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