The Execution of Eddie D. Slovik

31st January 1945: The only member of the US military to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War dies by firing squad

Soldiers of the 28th Infantry Division parade down the Champs-Élysées in Paris on August 29, 1944. The division was the first American division to enter the capital after its liberation. The 28th is the oldest Division in the US military and is known as the 'Iron Division'

Born in 1920, Eddie D. Slovik picked up three convictions for breaking and enterin…