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File 041Article
Karelia; later Vietnam · 1939–1965
The Soldier of Three Flags
Lauri Törni fought the Soviet Union for Finland in two wars and won the Mannerheim Cross, then trained with the Waffen-SS and was jailed at home for treason. He escaped to America, joined the Army as Larry Thorne, and became a legend in the Green Berets. He vanished in a helicopter over Vietnam in 1965. His remains came home thirty-four years later.
File 036Article
Normandy; Germany; the Oder front · 1944–1945
The Paratrooper Who Joined the Red Army
Joe Beyrle jumped into Normandy on D-Day with the 101st Airborne, was captured, escaped from a German prison camp and walked east until he met a Soviet tank battalion. He fought with them towards Berlin. At home he had already been declared dead, and his funeral had been held.
File 004Article
Soviet Union · Poland · 1942–1945
Eighteen Sorties in One Night
Nadezhda Popova flew 852 combat missions in a plywood-and-canvas biplane with no radio and no guns. The German soldiers below called her regiment the Night Witches.
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Eastern Front
Joe Beyrle
The only man to fight for both America and the Soviet Union in WWII
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Eastern Front
The Night Witches
They turned off their engines and glided over the Nazis in the dark