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My Dad, USN '37 -57, thought the Thompson with a pan was the cats meoow. If I remember the story right, they sailed (China Fleet) in to a Japanese convoy. When the strights narrow they opend fired. The tin cans were close enough that the XO staffed the transports decks with a Thompson. The ship was the USS Alden. If the XO was later to be Cmdr Evans, he went down off the battle of the Phillipeans, received the MOH for that action. He was pretty proud of the 03 too. Showed me how to shoot one rapid fire.
BTW nice collections of Firearms. I too would like a Thompson but don't see the laws changing. A few years ago I built a semi auto 1919 Browning.
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