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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.
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.
Jul 23, 2022 · Determined to put his criminal record behind him, Eddie Slovik (Martin Sheen) finds a wife, settles down and thinks himself fortunate not to be drafted, owing to his prison record. But when the...
Nov 16, 2009 · The nine-officer court-martial panel passed a unanimous sentence of execution, “to be shot to death with musketry.” Slovik’s appeal failed.
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.
Jun 30, 1977 · WASHINGTON, June 29—A former Army chaplain testified today that Pvt. Eddie D. Slovik, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion in this century, had come from a pool of six deserters...
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...
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Jan 31, 2020 · In The Execution of Private Slovik, considered to be among the best investigative books ever written, journalist and author William Bradford Huie reconstructs this entire story with the full cooperation of the U.S. Army in order to find out what made Eddie Slovik an unlikely pacifist and why the affair was covered up.
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Mar 1, 2023 · The death of Eddie Slovik was depicted in William Bradford Huie’s 1954 book, The Execution of Private Slovik, as well as the 1974 movie of the same name. Huie’s work came together after he was shown a European graveyard that contained the remains of unidentified US soldiers.
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Jan 31, 2020 · In The Execution of Private Slovik, considered to be among the best investigative books ever written, journalist and author William Bradford Huie reconstructs this entire story with the full...
