Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ndị agha ahụ nọrọ oge opupu ihe ubi na oge okpomọkụ nke 1944 na-azụ ọzụzụ maka ịdị njikere maka mwakpo nke Europe. N'ọnwa Septemba, ndị agha ahụ sonyere na
Ọrụ Ahịa. Ka o si na RAF Fairford pụọ na 17 Septemba Thompson, ọtụtụ ndị isi ụlọ ọrụ ya na batrị abụọ nke ndị agha atọ ahụ na ndị ikom ya jiri glider rute na ọdịda anyanwụ nke Oosterbeek, Arnhem. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe ọdịda ahụ gasịrị, Thompson dere na "C.O. "na-agba" n'ihi na enweghị ihe mgbaru ọsọ ọ bụla iji gbaa ọkụ, o kwuru na anyị nwere ike ịbịa n'echi ya. " N'echi ya na mbata nke batrị fọdụrụnụ, ndị agha ahụ kwagara n'ọnọdụ gburugburu ụka Oosterbeck iji kwado mbọ nke 1st Parachute Brigade iji mebie Arnhem Bridge. Mwakpo nke 1st Parachute Brigade kụrụ afọ n'ala ma ndị agha sitere na battalion anọ nke ndị agha malitere ịlaghachi azụ n'ọnọdụ Thompson. Thompson hapụrụ isi ụlọ ọrụ ya ma gaa n'ihu ịnwa ime ka ndị agha na-alaghachi azụ banye n'ọnọdụ nchebe. Thompson haziri ihe dị ka ndị ikom 400 n'ọnọdụ dị n'okporo ụzọ iji chebe ebe ndị na-agba ụta na iji gbochie na German na-aga n'ihu n'okporo ụzọ, na-etinye ndị ikom a n'okpuru iwu nke onye isi ndị isi kachasị elu ọ nwere ike ịchọta, Major Robert Cain nke South Staffordshire Regiment, Thompson laghachiri n'isi ụlọ ọrụ ya iji kọọrọ onye isi ya, Brigadier Philip Hicks. Hicks zigara Major Richard Lonsdale nke 11th Battalion, Parachute Regiment iji nyere Thompson aka. Thompson tinyere Londsale n'ọchịchị nke ndị agha Parachute mgbe ọ na-achịkwa ndị South Staffordshire na mgbakwunye na ndị agha nke ya na ndị agha nke Glider Pilot Regiment. Ndị isi nke 1st Airborne Division họpụtara ndị agha ahụ niile "Thompson Force".