Compound as in the bone broke through the skin?
Heck of a thing for a kid to go through. Back then you had to be tough.
“Heck of a thing for a kid to go through. Back then you had to be tough.”
He claimed a bone end had broken skin and was fairly tough...a golden gloves boxer. I’d guess this was in late 20’s/early 30’s and people were a lot rougher in that era.