It was while he was in the Army that Thompson went to engineering and artillery schools and began researching small arms. Colonel during the civil war and, John, following in his father’s footsteps, also graduated from West Point and served in the Army. His father, a graduate of West Point, served as Lt. Thompson was born in Newport, Kentucky on December 31, 1860. Now, 100 years later, the Thompson semi-automatic rifle, also referred to as the Chicago Typewriter, is commonly known to everyone across the globe. Thompson first began researching a portable hand-held automatic weapon in 1915 little did he know that he would be changing history forever. The following is a press release from Auto Ordnance
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