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irisblue

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3. About Private Slovik

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 02:28 PM

Wednesday

About the 1954 book & movie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Execution_of_Private_Slovik

I saw this in March 1974, first time seeing Martin Sheen in a role.

He came from a Dertoit Polish Catholic family, in the neighborhood where my Moms family lived. Mom's parents knew through church Slovik family & told Mom & her 1 yr younger brother Peter to stay away from him. Mom watched that movie with me and said her parents were right.

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American troops captured by the Nazis in the Ardennes in Dec 1944 [View all] irisblue Wednesday OP

This is from the first source- separate post b/c of the 4 paragraph c&p limit irisblue Wednesday #1

The Private Slovik episode was a disgrace to the Army and the United States. 3Hotdogs Wednesday #2

About Private Slovik irisblue Wednesday #3