"Just Call This Submachine Gun ‘The Annihilator’" Topic
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| Tango01 | 30 Jan 2015 12:44 p.m. PST |
"On Jan. 29, 1945, First Sgt. Leonard Funk, Jr. faced a determined German army officer ready to kill him with a pistol. Armed with a Thompson M1A1 submachine gun, the U.S. Army paratrooper had just led an assault against 15 houses occupied by German troops in Holzheim, Belgium. It was part of an operation by the 82nd Airborne Division to clear German soldiers from the area following the Battle of the Bulge. Leading a makeshift headquarters platoon of clerks, Funk and his unit captured 30 prisoners. He left them with several dozen more prisoners—under guard—and returned to the fight…"
Full article here
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Armand |
| warhawkwind | 30 Jan 2015 2:17 p.m. PST |
Thanx Tango01! I had a friend who's dad served in the Seabees in Vietnam. He had two drum fed Thompsons arranged like crossed swords hanging on their living room wall. I recall he brought them home from Nam. |
| Charles Besly | 30 Jan 2015 2:57 p.m. PST |
I have seen color video of U.S.Marines in Hue city in Vietnam using Thompsons.In one group there is a fire team of Marines clearing rooms they come out of the building and two are carrying Thompsons and one an m-14 and one an m-79. He said they were loading it up like buckshot. |
| Tango01 | 31 Jan 2015 10:34 a.m. PST |
No mention my friend! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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finds a personal connection to WWII.
