Stacy Pearsall

Stacy L. Pearsall

Pronounced dead, Captain Johnny T. "Tommy" Clack was left among the deceased in Vietnam. It just so happened a surgeon came outside to check the dead. Without prompting or reason, the surgeon uncovered Clack’s body and discovered something that made him believe Clack was still alive, and yelled, "Get this man into the trauma room, now!" Tommy was an Artillery Forward Observer and was struck by an RPG, taking three of his four limbs. "I’m no hero," Clack said. "And quite honestly I don’t know of any, except for the men and women who gave their all. Their names, all 58,267 of them, are on a long, black granite wall in Washington, D.C. Those are my heroes."

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Pronounced dead, Captain Johnny T. "Tommy" Clack was left among the deceased in Vietnam. It just so happened a surgeon came outside to check the dead. Without prompting or reason, the surgeon uncovered Clack’s body and discovered something that made him believe Clack was still alive, and yelled, "Get this man into the trauma room, now!" Tommy was an Artillery Forward Observer and was struck by an RPG, taking three of his four limbs. "I’m no hero," Clack said. "And quite honestly I don’t know of any, except for the men and women who gave their all. Their names, all 58,267 of them, are on a long, black granite wall in Washington, D.C. Those are my heroes."