By all accounts, many GIs really liked the Thompson. Heavy as hell but a popular weapon in city fighting. I had a limo driver who went through the entire European campaign with Patton, never got a scratch. He traded his M1icon for a Thompson when they landed and swore by it. His platoon stole a Jeep from the MPs, used it to carry their gear. Just before they shipped out for home they drove it into the local river. He served 30 years as a motorcycle cop in Newark, hell of a guy. Cleve Ledford from Okmulgee, Oklahoma.