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Seth Dupont, a 17-year-old high school junior, is tearful as his father, National Guard Lt. Col. Daniel Dupont, tells him how proud he is of him via video teleconference Thursday from his post in Iraq. Dupont was able to swear Seth in to the U.S. Army National Guard at the Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Mass. The teen was not expecting his father to administer the oath.