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Jun 2023
1h 37m

328: Johnny Joey Jones is Unbroken

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
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The Retired USMC Staff Sergeant who lost both legs in Afghanistan to an IED talks Hee-Haw, laying brick, cakewalks, farm living, his “Alive Day,” and his new book, Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Book of Heroism, Patriotism, and Friendship.
 
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