Division commandant. He served as the division's commandant for a year. After that, before returning to the field army, Juutilainen served from May 1944 as commander of the 31st Prisoner of War Company. The transfer to that unit was due to "continued drunkenness and the beating of a man under his command in April 1944", according to the Punishment Diary of 7th Division officers; as he served as commandant of the division's headquarters, action and excitement were replaced by alcohol that was consumed in considerable quantities. He was known as a nervous and ferocious man, and did not bow to anyone. He was even known to have shot at the foot of a subordinate when he gave impetus to his orders, but in the front line, he took care of his men, was fair and respected by his subordinates. In the summer of 1944, Juutilainen once again took part in the fighting in directing a company in the direction of Loimola, and he was also there when the armistice was concluded at the beginning of September 1944. The Lapland War As the captain of the Lapland War, Aarne Juutilainen took part in the early stages of monitoring the retreat of the German XX Mountain Army together with his regiment, from which the reservists had already been repatriated. Juutilainen's battalion followed the fighting retreating Germans to Karesuvanto and still to Lätäseno until Captain Aarne Juutilainen received a notice that he would have to formally apply for resignation from the Finnish Defense Forces in December 1944. Later years and death After the war, Juutilainen struggled with peacetime, eventually turning to alcoholism. He settled in Helsinki and supported himself with miscellaneous work. Olavi Juutilainen, the son of his brother Ilmari Juutilainen, describes his uncle Aarne as follows: Major Ahti Vuorensola, a brother-in-arms during the battle of Kollaa, helped Juutilainen as much as he could. Juutilainen died alone in a nursing home in Helsinki on 28 October 1976, at the age of 72. He was buried at the Malmi Cemetery. See also French conquest of Morocco References Bibliography 1904 births 1976 deaths People from Sortavala People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish military personnel of World War II Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion Finnish expatriates in Morocco