Friday, January 30, 2015

70 years on

Private Eddie Slovik
1920-1945
January 31 is the 70th anniversary of the execution of Private Eddie Slovik in France. PVT Slovik is the last American soldier to have been executed for desertion. (The last U.S. military execution was in 1961.)

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