Luftwaffen soldier wish good luck for the Finnish pilot who is just going to start his mission. Värtsilä 1941.09.14

Tschüss

Finnish soldier give a haircut for the German soldier somewhere in Northern Finland 1941-1944

Brothers in arms

Lance Corporal Sakari Sandroos (1919-1997) in Mikkeli 19.12.1943, some month after receiving the Mannerheim Cross. He started military service during the Winter War (1939-40) and fought at Karelian Isthmus in 1940 and 1941-44. In the latter conflict he served in 7th Infantry Regiment which became the regiment with most Mannerheim Cross Knights (11 out of 191). He was wounded 4.3.1940, 1.10.1941 and 26.11.1942. During one enemy attempt to break out of encirclement, he had to fight off infantry assaults alone with his light machine gun for an hour, because other members of the squad were either dead or wounded. After the war he worked as a carpenter and gardener. He got married quite young and had two children, born 1939 and 1943.