Former comrades of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl are accusing him of deserting his unit before his 5-year captivity by the Taliban. Recently released in a controversial prisoner swap, Bergdahl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. World War II veteran Nick Gozik says that the bravest soldier he encountered during two years of combat was the one he saw ...

the American soldier who reportedly walked away from his post In Afghanistan only to be seized by Taliban forces and held captive for five years – has captured headlines since his release five days ...

Eddie Slovik was a U.S. Army private during World War II. He had the ignominious distinction of being the first (and only) American G.I. since the Civil War to be executed for desertion. Slovik was ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

In January 1945, Private Eddie Slovik was executed in France, the only American soldier shot for desertion since the civil war. General Eisenhower refused to commute the sentence (as he later, when ...

A strange anniversary in American history passed earlier this year as January 31 marked 70 years since the execution of United States Army soldier Eddie Slovik. Court-martialed for desertion, Slovik ...

Pvt. Eddie Slovik was the bravest soldier that one World War II veteran says he ever encountered. A witness to his execution speaks. Special Correspondent World War II veteran Nick Gozik says that the ...

An American World War II firing squad, in this case executing a spy. Desertion or the attempt to desert during war is punishable by death, states the U.S. military's Uniform Code of Military Justice.