Published: December 24, 2018

A TENNESSEE NATIONAL GUARD GOT QUITE A SURPRISE FOR CHRISTMAS AFTER BEING DEPLOYED FOR MONTHS.  ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, DALE MCCORD, WHO IS HOME JUST FOR A FEW DAYS AND IS AN AVID FISHERMAN, WAS SURPRISED WITH A 1997 21 FOOT STRATOS 201 PRO ELITE FROM DUCK RIVER MARINE IN COLUMBIA.  MCCORD'S FRIENDS ORIGINALLY TOLD THE TENNESSEE SOLDIER THAT HE HAD WON A DEPTH FINDER BUT THAT WAS JUST A SET UP FOR A BIGGER SURPRISE.  BRIAN DODGE, THE OWNER OF DUCK RIVER MARINE, PLANS TO GET THE BOAT READY FOR THE NEXT TIME MCCORD COMES HOME.  DODGE SAYS MCCORD HAS TALKED ABOUT OWNING A BOAT FOR YEARS BUT COULD NEVER AFFORD ONE.