Vintage - The Execution of Private Slovik by William Bradford Huie

Description: All books listed are from my personal collection acquired over 60 years.For Sale:A vintage paperback copy of William Bradford Huie's "The Execution of Private Slovik"In August 1944, a drab convoy of raw recruits destined to join the 28th Division lumbered along a windy French road strewn with dead animals, shattered bodies, and burning equipment. One of those draftees was 24-year-old Eddie Slovik, a petty thief from Detroit who had spent his youth in and out of reform schools. Eddie's luck had recently changed, however, with a steady factory job and marriage to a beautiful girl who gave Eddie hope and security for the first time in his life. But their honeymoon - like that of many other wartime newlyweds - was interrupted by the call to service. The convoy came under intense artillery fire, and in the confusion Slovik became separated from his unit. He joined a Canadian outfit and traveled with them before finally reporting to the 28th Division. He carried a rifle but no ammunition. He was assigned to a platoon but walked away. Refusing to fight, Slovik was arrested, court marshaled, and condemned to death. Hundreds of soldiers were tried for desertion during World War II and sentenced to die, but only Eddie Slovik paid the price, supposedly as a deterrent. Yet word of the nature of his death was never officially released. Eddie Slovik was the first soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion, and the only soldier to be executed in WW II for desertion!The world was not told of how he died until the 1950s.Because of the increased number of lost pieces of mail this year, shipping cost includes shipping insurance.

Price: 10 USD

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

End Time: 2024-12-02T17:51:09.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.75 USD