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How many American GI's were executed by US firing squads for various crimes during World War 2?
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More than a HUNDRED.
More than a hundred American GI's were given the death penalty and executed under the USA's own military justice system during WWII.
The exact number and types of crimes is detailed and referenced in the excellent book entitled Stolen Valor, among other sources.
To my knowledge all those convicted and given the death penalty were pardened exept for one case, Private Eddie Slovak. he was executed and was the only one.Martin Sheen made a movie of this event ,he played the part of Slovak,who simply had the sentence carried out as an example to future soldiers that not everyone is pardened - so beware.
Private Eddie Slovak was the only one executed for deserting, but he certainly was not the only GI to be executed. Murder and rape were the most common causes for execution.However, if you really want to limit the number to those executed by a firing squad only(in WWII), I think Eddie Slovak IS the right answer, since death by hanging was the common form of execution.Since 1930 160 executions have been carried out under military authority (according to U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1993).
In "Army at Dawn" which is about North Africa, Rick Atkinson speaks about executions of US service members for war crimes but does not give good numbers or names. I am interested in finding a source which has specifics such as actual cases, names, theatres, etc.
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