Thompson Magazine
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This photograph, taken at Fort Knox, Kentucky, shows the drum magazine of the Thompson. 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…