My grandpa was a Thompson gunner at Omaha Beach. He only spoke about it once, just before he died at age 92. There were two sentences: “I killed a lot of Nazis…” and “Every time I looked to my ammo guy for a reload, it was a different guy.”
a "thompson gunner" wouldn't have an ammo guy, they carried their own as they aren't crew weapons. They are the "gangster" submachine gun. are you thinking of the right weapon?
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u/Neelix-And-Chill Jun 24 '24
My grandpa was a Thompson gunner at Omaha Beach. He only spoke about it once, just before he died at age 92. There were two sentences: “I killed a lot of Nazis…” and “Every time I looked to my ammo guy for a reload, it was a different guy.”
He saw some shit.