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Boy cancer patient becomes honorary soldier

'He's like what a real soldier is all about.'

Updated: Friday, 21 Dec 2012, 10:18 AM EST
Published : Friday, 21 Dec 2012, 10:18 AM EST

BALTIMORE, Md. (CNN/WBAL) - A Baltimore boy with terminal cancer who has always wanted to be a soldier got a huge surprise from the U.S. Army.

His biggest dream of someday enlisting in the Army came true when soldiers came to his house and held an honorary swearing-in service for 10-year-old Khalil Quarles.

After the ceremony, Quarles took a ride in a humvee and posed for pictures with his new fellow soldiers.

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