Look for this film and see it: "The Execution of Private Slovik" (not on DVD yet)

[ificandream]

As I posted elsewhere, I'm not a big fan of military war movies. But this one, "The Execution of Private Slovik," made a lasting impact on me when I first saw it on TV and would be a great film to see this Memorial Day weekend. It's not on DVD in the U.S. yet but it should be. It was released in 1974 and starred, maybe not surprisingly, Martin Sheen, who later starred in "The West Wing." If I recall, it brought tears to my eyes and had a profound effect on me. (I was only 23 when it was released.) Ned Beatty does a great job as the chaplain. If you can find it somewhere, see it. Can't imagine why it's not released unless the RWers hate the truth about war.

The description from IMDB.com: "The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War."

ADD: It's on YouTube. (Duh!)

[TomWilm]

1. Good to remember...

During World War II in all theaters of the war, the United States military executed 102 of its own soldiers for rape and/or unprovoked murder of civilians, but only Slovik was executed for the military offense of desertion. ... Kurt Vonnegut mentions Slovik's execution in his novel Slaughterhouse-Five. Vonnegut also wrote a companion libretto to Igor Stravinsky's Histoire du soldat, or A Soldier's Tale, which tells Slovik's story. ...

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Eddie_Slovik

[DFW]

2. I saw it almost 50 years ago when it came out as a TV movie

Well worth watching.