World champion, Knight of Mannerheim Cross , lieutenant colonel Olavi Alakulppi
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 Published On Jan 7, 2021

After World War 2 some former Finnish army officers fled to United States. The most famous of these officers is Lauri Törni, better know as Larry Thorne who served US Army in Vietnam. This video is about Olavi Alakulppi, whose story is not so famous as Larry Thorne's. Olavi Alakulppi fought for Finland in two wars and served US military for decades, finally retiring as US army lieutenant colonel.

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