{"id":29788,"date":"2026-06-19T14:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/freedom-fighting-tommy-guns\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:30:20","slug":"freedom-fighting-tommy-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/freedom-fighting-tommy-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom-Fighting Tommy Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tGAOu0cMrgk?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This Colt 1921 Thompson was liberated from a Gestapo headquarters in France and carried across Europe in WW2, while this Vietnam-era 1928A1 fought in the Tet Offensive.<\/p>\n<p>These documented bringback Tommy Guns include extensive provenance, war stories, historical paperwork, and direct ties to decorated American servicemen who trusted them in combat.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 \u2013 Why The Thompson Submachine is an American Classic<br \/>01:12 \u2013 Colt Thompson 1921 Sent to France<br \/>03:10 \u2013 Tommy Gun of WW2 Hero<br \/>04:53 \u2013 WW2 Tommy Gun Provenance History<br \/>06:40 \u2013 Vietnam War U.S. Savage Thompson Submachine Gun<br \/>08:30 \u2013 How This Gun Got to Vietnam<br \/>09:45 \u2013 The Man Behind This Vietnam Tommy Gun<br \/>13:00 \u2013 Mailing This Gun Home <\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Email: <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><br \/>X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#TommyGun #MachineGun #WW2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Colt 1921 Thompson was liberated from a Gestapo headquarters in France and carried across Europe in WW2, while this Vietnam-era 1928A1 fought in the Tet Offensive. These documented bringback Tommy Guns include extensive provenance, war stories, historical paperwork, and direct ties to decorated American servicemen who trusted them in combat. 00:00 \u2013 Why The&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/freedom-fighting-tommy-guns\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Freedom-Fighting Tommy Guns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":29789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}