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Description
Five legendary Finnish war heroes.

Starting from top left:

Lauri Törni / Larry Thorne
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- Captain of the Finnish army during the second world war and a Mannerheim Cross Knight.

- Captain of the German army during the second world war and decorated with the 2 class Iron Cross.

- Major of the Green Berets, served during the Vietman war, a honorary member of US Special forces and Decorated with a Bronze Star Medal.

Aarne "Terror of Morocco" Juutilainen
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- Served in the French Foreign Legion for the full 5 years, earning the Legion Cross and the nickname "Terror of Morocco"

- Captain of the Finnish army during second world war and decorated with the 3rd and 4th class Liberty crosses.

Ilmari Juutilainen "The Flight Master"
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- Fighter pilot of the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air forces) during the second world war, and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time. His plane was also never hit by a enemy fighter, and he was one of only four people to receive the highest Finnish military decoration, the Mannerheim Cross twice.

- Ilmari was also decorated with the first and second class Iron crosses.

Viljam "Rokka" Pylkäs
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- Corporal of the Finnish army during the second world war, decorated with the second class Liberty Cross for such acts as neutralizing a enemy mortar emplacement all by himself.

- Later Viljam was awarded the 4th class Liberty Cross with swords and the Iron cross for single handedly holding the defences, killing 83 Russians during a single battle.

Simo Häyhä "The White Death"
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- Nicknamed "The White Death" by the Soviet Union, Simo Häyhä was a Finnish Marksman during the Winter war.

- Using only a Finnish modified Mosin-Nagant ("Pystykorva") he acquired the highest recorded number of confirmed sniper kills (505 kills) in any major war.

- He was decorated with 3rd class and 4th class Cross of Liberty, 1st class and 2nd class Medal of Liberty and Cross of Kollaa Battle.

Description
Five legendary Finnish war heroes.

Starting from top left:

Lauri Törni / Larry Thorne
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- Captain of the Finnish army during the second world war and a Mannerheim Cross Knight.

- Captain of the German army during the second world war and decorated with the 2 class Iron Cross.

- Major of the Green Berets, served during the Vietman war, a honorary member of US Special forces and Decorated with a Bronze Star Medal.

Aarne "Terror of Morocco" Juutilainen
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- Served in the French Foreign Legion for the full 5 years, earning the Legion Cross and the nickname "Terror of Morocco"

- Captain of the Finnish army during second world war and decorated with the 3rd and 4th class Liberty crosses.

Ilmari Juutilainen "The Flight Master"
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- Fighter pilot of the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air forces) during the second world war, and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time. His plane was also never hit by a enemy fighter, and he was one of only four people to receive the highest Finnish military decoration, the Mannerheim Cross twice.

- Ilmari was also decorated with the first and second class Iron crosses.

Viljam "Rokka" Pylkäs
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- Corporal of the Finnish army during the second world war, decorated with the second class Liberty Cross for such acts as neutralizing a enemy mortar emplacement all by himself.

- Later Viljam was awarded the 4th class Liberty Cross with swords and the Iron cross for single handedly holding the defences, killing 83 Russians during a single battle.

Simo Häyhä "The White Death"
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- Nicknamed "The White Death" by the Soviet Union, Simo Häyhä was a Finnish Marksman during the Winter war.

- Using only a Finnish modified Mosin-Nagant ("Pystykorva") he acquired the highest recorded number of confirmed sniper kills (505 kills) in any major war.

- He was decorated with 3rd class and 4th class Cross of Liberty, 1st class and 2nd class Medal of Liberty and Cross of Kollaa Battle.