In 2011 he was inducted into the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Commando Hall of Honor.[43]

The handing over of the knives of the Knight series began in July 2000: 1. Mauno Koivisto, President of the Republic of Finland, war veteran and was member of Detachment Törni in Winter War 2. Salme Rajala, sister of Lauri TörnI, front of the front 3. Kaija Mikkola, sister of Lauri Törni, breast front 4. Jan-Erik Enestam, Minister of Defense 5. Gustav Hägglund, General, Commander of the Defense Forces 6. Adolf Ehrnroot, Infantry General, Knight of the Mannerheim Cross 7. Ilkka Hollo, Lieutenant General, Chief of General Staff 8. Charles W. Norton, U.S. Army Special Forces 9. Clyde J. Sincere, U.S. Army Special Forces 10. Klaus Mullinex, US Military Ombudsman in Finland Since 2000, the knives of the Ritari series have been handed over as follows: 11-32., 40, 43, 44-50, 51 Section TörnI Veterans, Partners and Tradition Guild In 2001 33. Charles Petry, Brother in arms, U.S. Army Special Forces 34. Andy Hollingsworth, Search Camp Leader Vietnam-99, U.S. Army Special Forces 35. Hella Keravuori, a friend and “mother figure” of Törni, USA 36. William P. Tangney, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army Special Forces 37. Bryan Brown, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army Special Forces 38. Kenneth R. Bowra, Major General, U.S. Army Special Forces 39. William G. Boykin, Major General, U.S. Army Special Forces 41. Eldon A. Bargewell, Brigadier General, U.S. Army Special Forces 42. Crafty Croft, Colonel, Brother of the Sword, U.S. Army Special Forces 51. Earl Thieme, Lieutenant-Colonel, Brother-in-Office, U.S. Army Special Forces Lauri Törni's special knife from the Jääkäri series was handed over in Helsinki in 2002: 1. George Bush Sr., President of the United States

I love the winter war overall, all the stories that happen in it and how Finland did so amazingly well against the russians. Greetings from Iceland, i have been following ya for a while with the sabaton histories. Keep up the great work Rayce.

In finland we berried our soldier in their home town or city. These "sankarien haudat" or "heroes graves" are in cemeteries all over Finland. I visited several times my relatives heroes graves. So sad, but also proud see my granddad or my grand uncle graves, and pleased to see that these sites to be revered and well kept and honored places. We truly have our independence only for our greatest generation of men.

The whole helicopter crew was buried in the same grave because the bone fragments left were too small to be separated. An other thing, this is just my own thoughts, haven`t read it anywere. Perhaps Germany suspected that the Soviets are going to try take Finland sooner than later, so it would have been in their benefit if Finnish resistance could tie up Soviet recourses as much as possible. So with relatively small investment could give substantial benefits.

I have readed many books about him that were writen english and finnish...i have seen US military valuation papers when he started in US army and those are incredible to read.. High ranked US military officers said literally on valuation papers that if there is a war they want him to be next to them... He was already 35 years old when he started and he was way better than anybody else on everything even stamina wise. He was US congress first choice to be a leader of MACV-SOG in Vietnam that did black ops...even rest of the US military did not know how secret unit they are....so basigly Congress wont tell all what he has done in Vietnam...so that is one of the main reasons why he is buried as only SS soldier in Arlington he has done some serious missions. Some veterans few years back wanted all that has any connection to the Naziz removed from Arlington...Larry's name came up and congress said that Larry will stay there forever...he is not concern of you (veterans) at anyway...case closed. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service United States special operations unit which conducted covert unconventional warfare operations. The history of MACV-SOG tells the stories of those who have fought valiantly to protect the liberty we hold most dear. The history of MACV-SOG has preserved and honors the legendary feats of our Studies and Observations Group Soldiers

You have to remember world was different on 1940's. Finland did not only have nothing to do with Nazi horros, but people didn't even widely know about that stuff. Even germans didn't fully realize what was going on besides Hitler and his pack. All this what we now know, have been thoroughly revealed and investigated afterwards. Interesting stories and photos how there were also field synagogs for finnish jews at the battlefield, next to german solders tents. Also 3 finnish jews were offered Iron Cross, a german military decoration, but they all refused. There is one big story which is WW2 but there is huge amount of smaller stories inside that, and we have to look those things from not our perspective but from someones who lived at that time.

The answer for Finlands alignment is much, MUCH simpler than most people make it out to be. Isolated nation against a giant that nobody either wanted, or were able to help. France wanted to send aid and so did UK, but UK had other plans with Norway and Sweden, which didn't trust them, so all aid from the Allies got blocked just like that. Now, you know you're not going to be able to survive alone and then there's this big burly guy that had an invested interest (Despite secretly selling you out earlier) in your survival, so are you going to be super critical about rumored accusations when faced against existential peril? Either Finland gets aid from Germany, or no aid at all, it was that simple. Sure, there were hardline rightwingers too, such as the Mathematician Nenonen, but there weren't that many of them and the people that had the most power in the country hated Hitler and fascism. But again, it was either fascist Germany, or nobody, so even Mannerheim (Who was a staunch monarchist, absolutely hated fascism and Hitler) was forced to bend a little and agree to work with them. There are numerous little snubs Mannerheim did to Hitler. Like when Hitler came to visit on Mannerheim's birthday, Mannerheim's adjutant suggested that they'd meet him halfway to which Mannerheim responded "Let the corporals do the running", referring to Hitler's military rank of a Corporal. Hitler also absolutely hated smoking, so Mannerheim lit up his cigar and smoked in the train in front of him where they met up. Mannerheim's distain for Hitler and everything he represented (Even before the horrors were exposed) was VERY evident.

Finnish military training is based on torni's methods and it all originates from germany. You could basically say they all have green berets special training since torni was the guy who started that elite group in US