"Kaveria ei jätetä! (Väinö Linna, Tuntematon sotilas, 1954, The Unknown Soldier)"
— soldier

January 1, 1970

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Notes: Finnish soldiers' motto during the Winter and Continuation Wars during World War II; soldiers tried to recover even bodies if at all possible to take them home. Even today remains of the Finnish soldiers are searched in Russian Carelia to be buried in Finland.