Kind of reminds me of this Finnish guy

Jul 3, 2022
8:53:57am

Polemic All-American

Fought for Finland against the Soviets in the Winter War. Then fought against the Soviets again in one of the German foreign legions. Then fought for the US in the Vietnam war where he was killed. The guy really hated communists

Wikipedia

Lauri_T%C3%B6rni

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_T%C3%B6rni[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Törni]

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Polemic

Previous username: Food Snob
New username: Lord Jim
Bio page: Polemic
Joined: Mar 25, 2013
Last login: Feb 16, 2023
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Why isn't there a movie about this guy?

Goliath

7/3/22 7:34am

Cool read. What a story. Thanks for the pointer.

StanfordCougar

7/3/22 7:52am

That would make an interesting movie

Pobs

7/3/22 7:52am

Very cool. The man was a warrior.

Borg

7/3/22 8:10am

They are too busy making more super hero movies to be bothered with great and

Sparkling Delirium

7/3/22 8:12am

One of his sons served in Vietnam, the other

BYULAWGUY

7/3/22 8:25am

Laura Hillenbrand should write the book. She is a great storyteller.

Iman23

7/3/22 8:29am

Yes. I love it. I’ll email her forthwith. Expect the book in 3-5 years.

Sparkling Delirium

7/3/22 8:42am

Kind of reminds me of this Finnish guy

Polemic

7/3/22 8:53am

Wow--I can't imagine going through all he did as an officer in two wars and then

Goliath

7/3/22 9:11am

Shared the story at breakfast. Family loved it. Thanks. We need more reminders

Nakedbootleg

7/3/22 9:47am

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