One of the most famous Finnish immigrants was Lauri Törni/Larry Thorne. He has wide admiration here, but even that small nationalist in me takes a neutral stance. Törni served in nazi Germany's SS, Finnish Army, and US Special Forces. He went MIA in Vietnam in 1965. (Photo Perinnekilta/ Lauri Törni)
Mika PaananenThe immigrant Finns still surprise me now and then. In Martin W. Bowman's B-17 bomber history, an airman complains about losing "his old radioman, Hamalainen in another B-17" over the Solomons. I read two more lines before reversing😄 The original name was probably Hämäläinen, more typical one.