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Lauri Törni
Lauri Allan Törni (born May 28, 1919 in Vyborg; died October 18, 1965 in Vietnam) was a Finnish Army Captain who led an infantry company in Finnish Winter and Continuation War and moved to the United States after the war. He is known as the soldier who fought under three flags: Finnish and German, when he fought the Russians in World War II, and American (where he was known as Larry Thorne) when he fought in Vietnam.
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