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[[Image:TWE 11.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lieutenant JG 'Rusty' Ryan ([[John Wayne]]) holding a [[M1903 Springfield|1903 Springfield Rifle]]]] | [[Image:TWE 11.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lieutenant JG 'Rusty' Ryan ([[John Wayne]]) holding a [[M1903 Springfield|1903 Springfield Rifle]]]] | ||
==Colt | ==Colt M1928A1 Thompson== | ||
[[ | The [[M1928A1 Thompson]] is seen carried by several characters including Lt. John Brickley ([[Robert Montgomery]]). | ||
[[Image:TWE 6.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Ensign Brant ([[Tim Murdock]]) holding a [[Thompson Submachine Gun|Colt | [[File:M1928A1Drum.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1921A1 Thompson - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:TWE | [[Image:TWE 6.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Ensign Brant ([[Tim Murdock]]) holding a [[Thompson Submachine Gun|Colt M1928A1 Thompson Submachine Gun]].]] | ||
: | [[Image:TWE 12.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lt. John Brickley ([[Robert Montgomery]]) with the [[Thompson Submachine Gun|Colt 1928A1 Thompson]].]] | ||
[[Image:TWE 11.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lt. John Brickley ([[Robert Montgomery]]) holding a [[Thompson Submachine Gun|Colt 1928A1 Thompson]].]] | |||
==Browning Automatic Rifle== | ==Browning Automatic Rifle== | ||
Revision as of 03:16, 7 June 2011
They Were Expendable is a 1945 WWII film that involves the story of Navy Lt. John Brickley and Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3. Lt. John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) and his squadron are stationed in the Philippines before the start of World War II. Once the war starts the whole squadron including the executive officer Lieutenant JG 'Rusty' Ryan (John Wayne) are itching to fight the Japanese. They soon find out that they are to just buy time for the United States to gear up for war after the defeat at Pearl Harbor. The biggest mission for Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 is to help General Douglas MacArthur his family and General Staff to escape Corregidor.
- Actors: John Wayne, Robert Montgomery, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson
- Directors: John Ford, Robert Montgomery
The following guns were used in the movie They Were Expendable:
Browning M2 Aircraft
1903 Springfield Rifle
Colt M1928A1 Thompson
The M1928A1 Thompson is seen carried by several characters including Lt. John Brickley (Robert Montgomery).
