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Ella and Nick Giordano
November 8, 2013
Hi Connie,
It was wonderful seeing you this afternoon but we were really sorry to hear about your loss of Joe. He was a great man and we really enjoyed travelling with both of you over the years. His memory will always be our trips to Italy. We pray that he rest in peace. Please keep your promise that you will visit us soon. Best regards to all. Love, Ella, Anna and Nick Giordano
Steve Healy
November 1, 2013
I had the pleasure of working with Joe many years ago. When I was a new officer, and even before, as a civilian cadet, Joe often took the time to answer questions and give advice, and I will always appreciate that. My condolences to Connie and the family. Joe will be missed.
Bruce & Candace Siegel
October 29, 2013
To Steve and all of the Dukeman family. Although I never met him, it's obvious by reading you're Dad's Guest Book that he was a great and very well liked man. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you. Cherish those memories.
Michael Jordan
October 28, 2013
My father had the privilege of serving on the MPD with Joe. He held him in the highest regard. May he rest in peace, a member of America's Greatest Generation. Michael Jordan and the Jordan Family
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Ed Graffam
October 27, 2013
I had the extreme privilege of working with Joe for most of my career and I can tell you that they didnt make police officers better. He was a fearless but compassionate man who loved his city, its citizens and his family. On behalf of myself and my wife I extend our deepest condolences to Connie and family
Eugene Walsh
October 27, 2013
Hi Connie, Joe brings many memories back that we shared together while working for Malden PD. Joe was fearless when confronted with a dangerous incidence. And no wonder being a veteran of the battle of the bulge WWII. Our prayers are with your family. Gene & Ginny
The Hoss
October 27, 2013
These men and women came of age in the Great Depression, when economic despair hovered over the land like a plague. They had watched their parents lose their businesses, their farms, their jobs, their hopes. They had learned to accept a future that played out one day at a time Then, just as there was a glimmer of economic recovery, war exploded across Europe and Asia. When Pearl Harbor made it irrefutably clear that America was not a fortress, this generation was summoned to the parade ground and told to train for war. They left their ranches in Sully County, South Dakota, their jobs on the main street of Americus, Georgia, they gave up their place on the assembly lines in Detroit and in the ranks of Wall Street, they quit school or went from cap and gown directly into uniform.
They answered the call to save the world from the two most powerful and ruthless military machines ever assembled, instruments of conquest in the hands of fascist maniacs.
They faced great odds and a late start, but they did not protest. At a time in their lives when their days and nights should have been filled with innocent adventure, love, and the lessons of the workaday world, they were fighting, often hand to hand, in the most primitive conditions possible, across the bloodied landscape of France, Belgium, Italy, Austria. They fought their way up a necklace of South Pacific islands few had ever heard of before and made them a fixed part of American history—islands with names like Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Okinawa. They were in the air every day, in skies filled with terror, and they went to sea on hostile waters far removed from the shores of their homeland.
…When the war was over, the men and women who had been involved, in uniform and in civilian capacities, joined in joyous and short-lived celebrations, then immediately began the task of rebuilding their lives and the world they wanted. They were mature beyond their years, tempered by what they had been through, disciplined by their military training and sacrifices. They married in record numbers and gave birth to another distinctive generation, the Baby Boomers. They stayed true to their values of personal responsibility, duty, honor, and faith.
…They were a new kind of army now, moving onto the landscapes of industry, science, art, public policy, all the fields of American life, bringing to them the same passions and discipline that had served them so well during the war.
…They weren't perfect. They made mistakes. They allowed McCarthy-ism and racism to go unchallenged for too long. Women of the World War II generation, who had demonstrated so convincingly that they had so much more to offer beyond their traditional work, were the under-pinning for the liberation of their gender, even as many of their husbands resisted the idea. When a new war broke out, many of the veterans initially failed to recognize the differences between their war and the one in Vietnam.
…It may be historically premature to judge the greatness of a whole generation, but indisputably, there are common traits that cannot be denied. It is a generation that, by and large, made no demands of homage from those who followed and prospered economically, politically, and culturally because of its sacrifices. It is a generation of towering achievement and modest demeanor, a legacy of their formative years when they were participants in and witness to sacrifices of the highest order.
The Greatest Generation
They don't make'em like that anymore.
RIP Joe Dukeman
October 27, 2013
“A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.”
? George S. Patton Jr.
October 26, 2013
I LOVED WORKING WITH JOE . HE BACKED DOWN FROM NOTHING OR NO ONE . WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF LAUGHS. SORRY CONNIE . CLIFF HATCH
October 26, 2013
RIP Joe, my father and all the other officers are waiting at the gate for you. Condolences to Connie and the family. - Paul & Chris Di Pietro
Sherrill
October 25, 2013
May your wonderful memories of Joseph Dukeman give you peace. When we reflect on the good times and the laughs we experienced with our loved ones, we realize we are blessed. I am very sorry for your loss, but remember his smile and the love.
Sherrill
David Marsters
October 25, 2013
May he rest in peace. Sorry for your loss Connie and family. I worked with Joe for many years.I remember his stories about being a tailgunner during WWII
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