Tapio SaarelainenTapio Saarelainen is a career officer in the Finnish Army. He has spent two decades training snipers for the Finnish Army and contributed to the Finnish Army’s manual for snipers. In his youth he competed in rifle shooting. The author has spent much ime investigating Simo Häyhä’s life and accomplishments and he interviewed Simo dozens of times between 1997 and 2002. Read More Read Less