{"id":100,"date":"2010-01-28T07:47:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T07:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?100"},"modified":"2010-01-28T07:47:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T07:47:16","slug":"solider-heard-his-babys-cries-on-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/us\/news\/solider-heard-his-babys-cries-on-christmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Solider &#8216;heard his baby&#8217;s cries on Christmas Day&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A soldier from Wales has revealed how his girlfriend gave birth on Christmas Day while he was fighting abroad, but a phone call enabled him to hear the boy&rsquo;s cries.<br><br>Infantry soldier Danny Hughes, 19, from Buckley in north Wales, spoke of how 8lb Alfie Lee was originally due on Boxing Day but was delivered as an early Christmas present after his girlfriend Jenny Chung went into labour.<br><br>&quot;I called Jenny&rsquo;s mobile straight away and was amazed when she answered. 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