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'The battalion can operate very well without you. No man is indispensable in a war, no matter who he is.'

— Väinö Linna

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'Koskela the Finn. Eats iron and shits chains.'

The younger troops assumed their ranks. There they stood, bumbling into lines with a bit of difficulty: Mother Finland's chosen sacrifice to world history.

Jorma Kariluoto had paid his dues into the common pot of human idiocy.

Once Koskela saw that the guns were ready to go, he called out, 'Shoot for their nuts!'

'The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics won, but racing to the line for a strong second place came feisty little Finland.'

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