Soldiers involved in this case were forced to leave Finland since hiding weapons was a criminal act due to the 1944 Moscow Armistice.

These soldiers, most of whom fled to United States and enlisted in the U.S. Army, were later called "Marttinen's men".

He served in the US Army from 1947 to 1968, first as a specialist and instructor of winter warfare and later as a General Staff Officer in the United States, West Germany, and South Korea.

[2] Marttinen died on 20 December 1975, at Falls Church, Virginia, and was buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.

His oldest, Pekka Marttinen (1933–1958), served as a lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment and was killed in a gunnery explosion in Grafenwöhr, Germany.