Lend-Lease Program
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As this image shows, the United States provided Great Britain with Thompsons during World War II with the "Lend-Lease" program. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This file appears in: "Tommygun Inventor"
"Tommygun Inventor"
Historical Marker #1706 in Newport commemorates Brig. Gen. John T. Thompson, inventor of the Thompson submachine gun.
Thompson was born in Newport on December 31, 1860. He grew up on various…