Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Eddie Slovik

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American soldier Eddie Slovik.
Last updated on April 17, 2025.
Eddie Slovik

Edward Donald Slovik was a United States Army soldier during World War II and the only American soldier to be court-martialled and executed for desertion since the American Civil War. Although over 21,000 American soldiers were given varying sentences for desertion during World War II, including 49 death sentences, Slovik's death sentence was the only one that was carried out.

They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky.
I think I'm going to have a lot of trouble. — © Eddie Slovik
I think I'm going to have a lot of trouble.
The only luck I had in my life was when I married you. I knew it wouldn't last because I was too happy. I knew they would not let me be happy.
I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial.
I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to.
Army life don't agree with me.
Everything happens to me. I've never had a streak of luck in my life.
I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going.
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