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July 6, 2008 - 6:49 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Doug
2008-07-07 14:18:00

The Execution of Pvt. Eddie Slovik

During World War II, 21,049 American military personel were convicted of desertion, 49 were sentenced to death, but only Pvt. Slovik paid the ultimate price.

In fact, he was the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War.

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