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TIL about Lauri Törni, a veteran of three armies. Törni fought as a second lieutenant of the Finnish Army in the Winter War, as a captain of the Waffen-SS in the Eastern Front and as a captain of the U.S Special Forces in Vietnam. Mauno Koivisto, former president of Finland, was under his command.

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