Bonus - American Hero: Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson

The Dale Jr. Download

Dirty Mo Media & SiriusXM

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5 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

From mischievous boy to American hero, the incredible story of Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson as told by his sisters Kristie and Joy to the Dale Jr. Download. Tumlison was a part of the Navy's elite SEAL Team Six that lost their lives when their Chinook helicopter was shot down during a mission in Afghanistan in 2011. Nearly eight years later, his journey endures as an example of perseverance and heroism. The Iowa native will be honored on the Nationwide #88 Chevrolet driven by Alex Bowman during the World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Join us in paying respect to Tumilson and all of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice serving for our great nation on this and every Memorial Day. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a production of Dirty Mo Media.
0:10.0	Hey, this is Dale Jr.
0:11.0	Today we are launching this special bonus episode of the Dale Jr. download.
0:15.0	It's not your typical show, but it's something very, very important to us.
0:19.0	Memorial Day is about remembering those lost serving for our great nation.
0:23.0	This year nationwide is celebrating the life of Navy SEAL, John Thomason.
0:28.0	Thomason from Rockford, Iowa lost his life on August 6th 2011,
0:33.0	along with 30 other US military service members and a service dog.
0:38.0	They were on a mission when the Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan.
0:42.0	17 of them, including John, were members of the well-known Navy SEAL's Team 6.
0:47.0	On track at Charlotte Merch Speedway for the World 600,
0:50.0	Alex Bowman will proudly race the nationwide 88 with a special scheme selected by the family of John Thomason.
0:57.0	This story, this weekend, and the overall experience was a lot to us tonight.
1:02.0	Yeah, I mean, it sure has John's sisters, Kristi and Joy were here.
1:06.0	You met them in a surprise meeting, greed, actually.
1:09.0	They were both very excited about it.
1:12.0	And then we went upstairs and we had a conversation.
1:14.0	Kristi, Joy and myself, and really went through the whole story.
1:18.0	And that was what you've heard over the past several weeks and what we're packaging up for one last time right here on this bonus episode of the download.
1:26.0	It's a story of John's life.
1:28.0	Listen, it's just an incredible story of somebody that overcame, just persevered at what an easy and just to do what he wanted to do.
1:39.0	And something he decided he was going to do at the age of 13.
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