RFP Staff
♦ The last U.S. military deserter executed was the execution of Private Eddie Slovick by firing squad in January 1945. Private Slovick deserted his comrades during the battle of the Hurtgen Forest in Germany.
Wikipedia contains an excellent account of Private Eddie Slovick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Slovik
The “Execution of Private Eddie Slovick” the complete movie is available on YouTube. Here is a snippet:
