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Prisoner 1056: Survivor Story of Eddie Slovik, the Only American Soldier Executed for Desertion Since the Civil War
Eddie Slovik was a 24-year-old private in the U.S. Army during World War II. On October 8, 1944, he deserted his unit in France. He was captured by the Germans and sentenced to death by a military tribunal. On...
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