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Pitkänen was arrested and repatriated to Finland. From Haparanda, Törni traveled by railroad to Stockholm where he stayed with Baroness von Essen, who harbored many fugitive Finnish officers following the war. In 1949, Törni, accompanied by his wartime executive officer Holger Pitkänen, traveled to Sweden, crossing the border from Tornio to Haparanda (Haaparanta), where many inhabitants are ethnic Finns. Ī plaque in Hotel Tammer, Tampere, about Lauri Törni's jägers being banned from meeting there in 1946. He was decorated with the Mannerheim Cross 2nd Class on 9 July 1944. Törni's unit inflicted such heavy casualties on Soviet units that the Soviet Army placed a bounty of 3,000,000 Finnish marks on his head.

Koivisto served in a reconnaissance company under Törni's command during the Battle of Ilomantsi, the final Finnish-Soviet engagement of the Continuation War, during July and August 1944. One of Törni's subordinates was future President of Finland Mauno Koivisto. This was an infantry unit that penetrated deep behind enemy lines and soon enjoyed a reputation on both sides of the front for its combat effectiveness. In 1943, a unit informally named Detachment Törni was created under his command.

Most of Törni's reputation was based on his successful actions in the Continuation War (1941–44) between the Soviet Union and Finland. After the Winter War, in June 1941, Törni went to Vienna, Austria for seven weeks of training with the Waffen-SS, and returned to Finland in July as a Finnish officer, the Germans recognized him as an Untersturmführer.

His performance during these engagements was noticed by his commanders, and toward the end of the war, he was assigned to officer training where he was commissioned a Vänrikki ( 2nd lieutenant) in the reserves. Vänrikki Lauri Törni after graduating from cadet school in 1940ĭuring the battles at Lake Ladoga, Törni took part in the destruction of the encircled Soviet divisions in Lemetti. After attending business school and serving with the Civil Guard, Törni entered military service in 1938, joining Jaeger Battalion 4 stationed at Kiviniemi when the Winter War began in November 1939, his enlistment was extended and his unit confronted invading Soviet troops at Rautu. An athletic youth, Törni was an early friend of future Olympic Boxing Gold Medalist Sten Suvio.

3.1 Distinguished Flying Cross citationĬhristened Lauri Allan Törni, he was born in Viipuri, Viipuri Province, Finland, to ship captain Jalmari (Ilmari) Törni, and his wife, Rosa (née Kosonen).

His remains were located three decades later and then buried in Arlington National Cemetery he is the only former member of the Waffen-SS known to be interred there. Törni died in a helicopter crash during the Vietnam War and he was promoted to the rank of major posthumously. Lauri Allan Törni ( – 18 October 1965), later known as Larry Alan Thorne, was a Finnish-born soldier who fought under three flags: as a Finnish Army officer in the Winter War and the Continuation War ultimately gaining a rank of captain as a Waffen-SS captain (under the alias Larry Laine) of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS when he fought the Red Army on the Eastern Front in World War II and as a United States Army Major (under the alias "Larry Thorne") when he served in the U.S.