Oklahoma veteran grateful to the corpsmen who saved his life in 1969

Oklahoma veteran grateful to the corpsmen who saved his life in 1969
Saturday is Armed Forces Day, and Jerry Compton, of Tulsa, is still most grateful to the U.S. Navy corpsmen who saved his life during a 1969 battle in Vietnam.
BY BRYAN PAINTER
Published: May 19, 2012

TULSA — On that day in Vietnam in 1969, blood was everywhere. It was Jerry Compton’s blood.

The U.S. Navy corpsmen performed CPR and worked on Compton like there was no tomorrow, because there almost wasn’t.

Now on Saturday, the annual observance of Armed Forces Day, Compton is still so grateful they said, “You’re not going to die on us.”

“My eternal thanks to those who pulled me through that time when death was positioned to claim me,” said Compton, of Tulsa.
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