was your parents reaction? >> it was definitely a known kwaupt to them. >> about two years later, we were married. >> joe and ellen dunford started a life together, serving our nation, in a tradition that goes back generations. >> his grandfather's world war i trunk, we have his picture here. then his father worked in korea. >> clearly the hero in my life was my dad. >> the shot of joe's dad in a police uniform? >> he retired after a 40-year history. >> from the fire of the marine corps to the fire of being a policeman? >> yes. my father was a world war ii vet and that's his photograph.