Info:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon_(Film)

im Anschluss Die grünen Teufel

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_gr%C3%BCnen_Teufel

Dazu:

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The character Col. Mike Kirby is based on the real life person Lauri Törni, who later on called himself Larry Thorne. Lauri Törni was a Finnish Army captain who fought in the Winter War (1939-40) and Continuation War (1941-44) against the Soviet Union. In 1954 he joined the US Army, and in November 1963 he joined the Special Forces unit A-734 in Vietnam and fought in the Mekong Delta. He disappeared during a mission in 1965 and was presumed dead.

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wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_T%C3%B6rni

Er ist auch bekannt als der Soldat, der unter drei Flaggen kämpfte.