Eddie Slovik Quotes

A collection of quotes by Eddie Slovik.

Eddie Slovik was a United States Army private during World War II. Born on February 18, 1920, in Michigan, he gained notoriety as the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War. Slovik fled his assigned duty as a rifleman in France in 1944, fully aware of the consequences. Despite appeals, his court-martial found him guilty, and he was executed by firing squad on January 31, 1945. Slovik's case sparked debate and controversy over the harsh punishment for desertion during wartime. His life and death were dramatized in the 1974 film "The Execution of Private Slovik."