Eddie was a fuck-up, always in and out of jail for petty crimes. When he got drafted in ’44, he figured at least that would keep him out of jail.
As it was, he barely made it through basic. All the time on the troop ship he prayed that it’d be over before he got there.
He was separated from the replacement group during an artillery bombardment and took off, spending a month with the Canadian MPs.
That’s when he decided he wasn’t cut out for combat.
He wrote a letter to his CO.
The next January the Army executed him.
More on Eddie here.
As I recall, there was a made-for-TV movie about Slovik starring Martin Sheen made some decades ago.
Wow. I had to read the link. Makes no sense to me.
BTW, We should be When 😉
I followed the link to the entire article. I simply do not know what to think. War is hell, that’s for sure.
Stunned on reading the article about the real Eddie. A topical reminder in today’s war-mongering and chest-thumping times in many parts of the world.
Fluent storytelling, and a strong message. Thank you for the link. There really is only one answer to this madness, and that is that everybody should refuse to serve in the military.