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Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 – January 31, 1945) was a United States Army soldier during World War II and the only American soldier to be court-martialled and executed for desertion since the American Civil War.
The Execution of Private Slovik is a nonfiction book by William Bradford Huie, published in 1954, and an American television movie that aired on NBC on March 13, 1974.
Mar 13, 1974 · The Execution of Private Slovik: Directed by Lamont Johnson. With Martin Sheen, Mariclare Costello, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey. The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
Nov 16, 2009 · The execution of Pvt. Slovik. Pvt. Eddie Slovik becomes the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion—and the only one who suffered such a fate during World War II....
Oct 1, 2004 · "The Execution of Private Slovik" tells the story of the only American soldier since the Civil War who was executed by firing squad for desertion. Eddie Slovik was one of literally thousands of documented deserters during WWII who were court-martialled.
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Jan 31, 2020 · "The Execution of Private Slovik" tells the story of the only American soldier since the Civil War who was executed by firing squad for desertion. Eddie Slovik was one of literally thousands of documented deserters during WWII who were court-martialled.
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Nov 16, 2009 · Gen. Dwight Eisenhower endorses the finding of a court-martial in the case of Eddie Slovik, who was tried for desertion, and authorizes his execution, the first such sentence against a U.S. Army...
Jan 31, 2009 · On January 31, 1945, Private Edward Donald “Eddie” Slovik became a curious outlier of World War II: he was executed by firing squad by the U.S. Army for desertion. He is the only person to have been so punished for that crime since the Civil War.
Private Eddie Slovik was the only soldier executed (by firing squad) in World War II. He was the first since the Civil War, and the last to date to be executed for desertion. This well-researched book by another WWII soldier is an exhaustive account of Slovik's life and ultimate end.
Apr 14, 2022 · The Execution of Private Slovik insists that audiences empathize with Slovik, but it does not require that they view his fate as a miscarriage of justice. Slovik expected clemency from the army justice system, but clemency is an act of mercy, a magisterial show of forbearance by a powerful authority.
