FinMilModels has new figures of Simo Häyhä and Lauri Törni at different scales.
This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://armorama.com/news/finmilmodel-figures-of-wwii-finnish-heroes
This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://armorama.com/news/finmilmodel-figures-of-wwii-finnish-heroes
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We need one of Sisu.
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I really enjoyed the first one, much more than the sequel.
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Yeah, the second on was even more over the top than the first (if that’s possible). However, I did enjoy all the post war Soviet equipment even if it was mostly CGI.
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And as Larry Thorne, Lauri Törni went on to join US Special Forces and MACV SOG,
where he died in a helicopter crash in 1965.
In 1999, Thorne’s remains were found by a Finnish and Joint Task Force-Full Accounting team and repatriated to the United States following a Hanoi Noi Bai International Airport ceremony that included Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Ambassador Pete Peterson.
Shared grave of Thorne and fellow Vietnam War casualties in Arlington National Cemetery
Formally identified in 2003, his remains were buried on 26 June 2003 at Arlington National Cemetery, along with the RVNAF casualties of the mission recovered at the crash site. He was memorialized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Panel 02E, Line 126. He was survived only by his fiancée, Marja Kops, who later remarried.
And he also managed to be in the SS
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