Germans with captured Thompson sub machine gun

[browningautorifle]

I'll bet it's an early one too, maybe a '21/'28... I'd love to examine that one. Friend of mine passed a few years ago and before he went he donated his M1 "T" to a local military museum. He had procured this M1 from a Canadian Engineer Officer that had taken it off a German that had taken it off an American. All had carved their initials in the butt. All this had happened at Arnhem. He kept it for sixty years... Now it's crowded into a small display case with no mention of the actual provenance.

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[mrclark303]

I'll bet it's an early one too, maybe a '21/'28... I'd love to examine that one. Friend of mine passed a few years ago and before he went he donated his M1 "T" to a local military museum. He had procured this M1 from a Canadian Engineer Officer that had taken it off a German that had taken it off an American. All had carved their initials in the butt. All this had happened at Arnhem. He kept it for sixty years... Now it's crowded into a small display case with no mention of the actual provenance.

That's a real shame Jim, sounds like something to make a fuss about mate.....

[browningautorifle]

a real shame

Like much of history, being forgotten because people that were there are gone and the second hand story people are starting to go too...