Little known fact.
It was my former grandfather-in-law (ex-wife's grandfather) who invented/designed the Thompson for Colonel Thompson. His name was Theodore H Eickhoff.
I actually got to shoot the 3rd one, commemorative #3, that Colonel Thompson gave to Grandpa Theodore who then passed it to his Son whom I knew as Uncle Teddy ... he actually worked for the CDC.
Miriam, Theodore's daughter, was my mother-in-law and they were quite well-off ... she married a well-to-do Kussrow. They were staunch liberal Democrats which, after some years led to a divorce for my ex and I ... thank the Good Lord. Been married to my current and final wife for a couple of decades now ... odd how all of that worked-out.
They were good people though. Miriam worshipped her Daddy though, still does. She's still alive. They all moved from Ohio down to North Carolina some years ago, decades ago, where they own a large estate in the mountains which is where I met my first wife.
Their home is sort of a Shrine to Theodore Senior. He was quite an accomplished man.
There is letter he wrote about the entire design and production of the Thompson somewhere around here ... lemme look.
Yep, here we go ...
http://www.mikesmachineguns.com/Eickhoff_p3.html
