Lauri Törni / Larry Thorne was a U.S. Special Forces officer during the Vietnam War, who had also been in World War II, as a Commander in the German Army and before that a Finnish Army Jaegar trooper.

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Sources

Soldier Under Three Flags: Exploits of Special Forces' Captain Larry A. Thorne
By H. A. Gill

Born a Soldier: The Times and Life of Larry a Thorne Paperback – 15 Oct 2008
by J Michael Cleverley

Finland at War 1939–45
By Philip Jowett, Brent Snodgrass

Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45
By Vesa Nenye, Peter Munter, Toni Wirtanen, Chris Birks

The Suomi Submachine Gun
By Leroy Thompson

Törni - Sotilaan tarina / Story of Larry Thorne (2007)