The Soldier who fought in 3 Armies

Lauri Törni / Larry Thorne was a U.S. Special Forces officer during the Vietnam War, who had also been in World War II, as a Commander in the German Army and before that a Finnish Army Jaegar trooper.

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Created by Daniel Turner

Script by
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Sources

Soldier Under Three Flags: Exploits of Special Forces' Captain Larry A. Thorne
By H. A. Gill

Born a Soldier: The Times and Life of Larry a Thorne Paperback – 15 Oct 2008
by J Michael Cleverley

Finland at War 1939–45
By Philip Jowett, Brent Snodgrass

Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45
By Vesa Nenye, Peter Munter, Toni Wirtanen, Chris Birks

The Suomi Submachine Gun
By Leroy Thompson

Törni - Sotilaan tarina / Story of Larry Thorne (2007)

[darrenchang]

This is a soldier who won every battle but lost every war. But still a remarkable military man! Admire him!

[baandroidarg]

When the campaign is too short and you still buying DLCs

[gaDrmcst]

If he didn't die in the Vietnam War I bet you he would have made his way to Afghanistan in the 1980s to get his round 3 against the Soviet Army.

[GriziDaWiz]

“So what side are you on?”
“Uhhhh, the one against the communists.”
“Which one?”
“Well, all of them?”

[joshhyman]

Had no PTSD because he was the traumatic event

[alecmueller]

1991 arrives, USSR collapses

Larry in hiding, not really dead.
"Finally, I can rest..."

[NiCoNiCoNiCola]

Lauri: *changes teams three times*
Italians during 2 World Wars: Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well

[fuzzyapplepie]

When you're trying all the factions side quests in one playthrough.

[phantomwraith]

He isn't dead. He's in a cryogenic pod in Area 51 that reads "In case of Russian invasion, break glass."

[gamingmayhem]

Game: Chose Finland, Germany or America.
Lauri: *yes*

[robertduguay]

From a comment on Sabaton’s soldier of three armies:

Larry Thorne didn’t die. The CIA has him cryogenically frozen with the following instructions:
“In case of Communism; Break Glass and Give Weapon.”

[squeaky]

Imagine surviving 2 separate conflicts, getting pardoned after escape attempts, fighting in 3 armies and then die because the manafacturer was too lazy to fix a helicopter.

[warpoet]

Why is there not a movie about this guy? Hollywood needs to get it together..

[Mercnix]

Soldiers went AWOL to get home. This dude went AWOL to get to the frontline.

[Taltsi]

Fun fact, finnish president Mauno Koivisto served in detachment Törni

[lordshaxx]

Imagine being a drill instructor and you have a recruit that went through Finnish basic training, German officer training, and German guerilla training.

[JJuhu]

He would literally rather be dead than red

[benjamindanielsen]

We've all heard of people being one man armies, but in his case, could we technically call him a three man army?

[amben]

Communist : *exists*

Törni : *Your free trial of being alive has ended*

[desklamp]

“I’ll join over a THOUSAND armies until I see the Soviets die!”