328: Johnny Joey Jones is Unbroken

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 103 minutes

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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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0:00.0	Hey, it's episode number 328 of the way I heard it. Hello. This one is called Johnny Joey
0:09.4	Jones is unbroken because he is Chuck. He is unbroken. Yes, he is, which as you pointed out
0:18.8	earlier is a heck of a thing to say about a guy who's missing both his legs, but he is
0:24.4	fully intact otherwise and a really smart guy, really smart guy knows a lot and shares a lot of
0:33.2	what he went through in the Marine Corps, which is different than the military as he points out.
0:42.0	That was almost our title, by the way. He said, I wasn't in the military. I was in the Marine Corps.
0:48.7	Yeah. And he's not the first Marine to say that. I almost said former Marine, also of which
0:54.7	there is no such thing. There's no such thing as that. Yeah. If his face rings about, it's probably
0:59.4	because he's seen him on Fox News. He's been a contributor there and now he's he's on the five.
1:05.8	He just filled in a couple of weeks ago in the eight o'clock slot. I was a guest on his show. I've
1:11.5	I've met him three or four times, probably more than that. And recently, I've had a chance to
1:17.4	talk to him on the air, but it's never really satisfying to tell you the truth. I mean, no, you
1:22.5	don't get enough time. It's like five minutes. It takes me 10 minutes to say hello. And he's a
1:28.2	storyteller too. I mean, this conversation you're about to hear is among my favorites because it's
1:36.4	it's very honest. You know, look, this guy got blown up in Afghanistan back 2010, early August,
1:43.8	lost his legs. His hand was dangling almost almost lost his hand. Yeah. I got that reattached. I
1:50.6	don't know. I don't know. The only guy I know who's been blown up worse than triple J is Travis
1:56.0	Mills, who's also been on this podcast. And both of these men are so similar. I don't care how many
2:02.6	layers you peel back. There's there's just not an ounce of self pity. They're filled with empathy.
2:09.4	They're filled with gratitude. They're filled with life and passion and purpose. And God, I mean,
2:16.4	it just sounds so earnest talking about them. I hate that about myself, but I love these guys.
2:23.6	Joey's a funny guy though too. He can make some jokes about it as well, which is great.
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