2015年6月18日 · Slovik's case was reviewed several times, firstly by an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate to guide Eisenhower's final decision on clemency for Slovik: There can be no doubt he deliberately decided that confinement was preferable to the risks of combat, and that he deliberately sought the comparative comfort of the guardhouse.

2021年8月6日 · TIL that since the American Civil War, only one US soldier has been executed for desertion. Pvt. Eddie Slovik thought he would receive a prison sentence like the other 21,000 deserters in World War II, but he was the only soldier out …

2019年6月27日 · What happened to Eddie Slovik didn't become widespread knowledge until 1954 when a book, called "The Execution of Private Slovik" by William Huie, was published. The chief Army historian for the European Theater (S. L. A. Marshall) insisted that the case was so little known that even he was unaware about the case until the book was published.

2021年7月3日 · The Execution of Private Slovik tells the true story of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War. I first learned of this story when I read that Frank Sinatra wanted to make a film about this, but was thwarted due the climate at the time.

2020年10月25日 · Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier who was executed for desertion in WWII. He was offered clemency (to return to his unit and face no further charges) 3 times, but refused it. At his execution, he was unrepentant and said that the army was making an example of him. He was 24 years old.

2022年2月1日 · Slovik walked several miles to the rear and approached an enlisted cook at a military government detachment of the 112th Infantry Regiment, presenting him with a note which stated: I, Pvt. Eddie D. Slovik, 36896415, confess to the desertion of the United States Army. At the time of my desertion we were in Albuff in France.

2022年6月10日 · The one exception was Eddie Slovik, who was famously convicted of desertion. Ronald Reagan approved the request for his body to be removed and reburied next to his widow. It's also interesting to note that these are WWII servicemen, buried off to the side in a cemetery otherwise reserved for WWI veterans.

2012年1月5日 · Slovik assumed he would only face a jail sentence, he lost a game of chicken with the Army. Considering the number of cop-outs people tried to give him, I'd say the Army did as well as could be expected.

2013年1月31日 · TIL only one US Soldier has been executed between the US Civil War and present day for the crime of desertion - Eddie Slovik, during WWII. Although 21,000 soldiers were tried for desertion during WWII, and 49 handed death sentences, only Slovik actually faced the …

2024年6月20日 · Eddie Slovik all but dared the army to execute him. He refused any offer to back down and provided zero justifications for his actions. There isn’t really evidence that Slovik could not handle it, he deserted immediately and made it very clear he just didn’t want to fight and was fine being in jail. Slovik had been in jail before.