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Post by Biglever » Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:07 pm

January 31st 1945
US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed by firing squad
For abandoning his rifle company, as he admits to being to scared for combat.
General Dwight Eisenhower had personally signed the Execution order.
Slovak remains the only American shot for desertion since the Civil War.