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![]() "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... The Execution of Pvt. Eddie Slovik FROM: The Detroit News ~ By Zena Simmons http://info.detnews.com/history/stor...ategory=people (w/great photos) On Jan. 31, 1945, Hamtramck-born Eddie Slovik was executed by firing a squad near the village of Ste-Marie aux Mines for the crime of desertion. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme allied commander, personally ordered the execution during the closing days of World War II in order to deter other potential deserters. 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. Somebody has to be the example and Eddie's number came up. |
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