Larry Thorne

Kari Kallonen

From Finland´s freezing Winter War to the burning jungles of Vietnam

The English edition of a best-seller reveals the life of a true Green Beret legend. One of the white camouflage fighters in the Winter War was young Lauri Törni, a fearless Army officer in the Continuation War. In the United States, Törni became Larry Thorne, a charismatic Special Forces officer and Green Beret legend. The mystery became complete when Thorne disappeared in a secret operation during the Vietnam War in 1965.

Kari Kallonen has researched archives and interviewed relatives as well as brothers-in-arms in both Finland and the United States. The author was a member of the search team that found the remains of Larry Thorne in the jungles of Vietnam. In this biography, an incredible adventure comes to a perfect ending.

Soft cover, 496 pages, photographs. Signed by the author.

Menestyselämäkerran englanninkielinen versio kertoo Mannerheim-ristin ritari Lauri Törnin alias vihreiden barettien legendan Larry Thornen värikkään tarinan. Tekijä on tutkinut arkistoja ja haastatellut lukuisia aseveljiä. Hän kuului myös suomalaisamerikkalaiseen retkikuntaan, joka paikansi ja tutki Vietnamin sodassa kadonneen Törnin helikopterin onnettomuuspaikan viidakossa. Signeerattu.