About a year ago I binge watched Dragnet and found myself fascinated by Detective Sgt. Joe Friday. Stiff, stodgy, reliable, he's the kind of man a middle aged father wants his young daughter to marry.
They never got much into his background and I've found it fun to put one together for Detective Sgt. Joe Friday.
Joe and his little sister were largely on their own. Dad ran out on them and mom worked. Joe kept an eye on sis, helped her with her homework and such, and when she was a teenager chased the boys away.
Joe was never one for college, but sis was and went to UCLA on scholarship.. In 1941 he was 23 years old and working as a cab dispatcher.
Joe enlisted in the navy two days after Pearl Harbor. He served in the Pacific without distinction, rising to the rank of Lt. Commander. He was the XO on a minesweeper by the time the war ended.
He's never had much time for a family, but sis has two boys, 10 and 8 both of whom worship their badge carrying uncle. He has them for a sleepover once a month, takes them for ride alongs and even down to the range, much to their mother's dismay.
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