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27 Dec. 1939--Winter War: The Finns defeat a major Soviet attack at Kelja.
For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kelja
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Finnish skiers attack a Soviet column stalled on a forest road. (2) Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä prepares to gun down a Soviet straggler from his hide position employing a Suomi submachine gun. (3) Finnish troops keep pressure on encircled Soviets from a position by an abandoned T-28 tank. (4) A Finnish Hawker Hart attacks Soviet troops near Kelja.
For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kelja
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Finnish skiers attack a Soviet column stalled on a forest road. (2) Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä prepares to gun down a Soviet straggler from his hide position employing a Suomi submachine gun. (3) Finnish troops keep pressure on encircled Soviets from a position by an abandoned T-28 tank. (4) A Finnish Hawker Hart attacks Soviet troops near Kelja.
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When in elementary school we were hearing a little about it and the teacher couldn't stress enough how Finland made a payment on a loan they had from the US even though they were told they could hold off paying until the conflict was over
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LTC Martin Metz
They hated the Communists so much that some actually joined German units to take the fight back to the Soviets in WWII.
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LTC Trent Klug
LTC Martin Metz I can't even imagine doing that no matter how much I hated communists.
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LTC Martin Metz
Consider Lauri Allan Törni (28 May 1919 – 18 October 1965), later known as Larry Alan Thorne, was a Finnish-born soldier who fought under three flags: as a Finnish Army officer in the Winter War and the Continuation War ultimately gaining a rank of captain; as a Waffen-SS captain (under the alias Larry Laine) of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS when he fought the Red Army on the Eastern Front in World War II; and as a United States Army Major (under the alias "Larry Thorne") when he served in the U.S. Army Special Forces in the Vietnam War. His passion against Communism fueled him through all 3 armies.
Törni died in a helicopter crash during the Vietnam War and he was promoted to the rank of major posthumously. His remains were located three decades later and then buried in Arlington National Cemetery; he is the only former member of the Waffen-SS known to be interred there.
Törni died in a helicopter crash during the Vietnam War and he was promoted to the rank of major posthumously. His remains were located three decades later and then buried in Arlington National Cemetery; he is the only former member of the Waffen-SS known to be interred there.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
Some stories just can't be made up. What remarkable guy. I served with an E-8 in Hawaii in '74 who fled Hungary in '56 and joined our army. His wife was in the DAR! What a great couple. Konrad Lobochki. His favorite saying was: "Ist gut training for young troopers." . . .
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