WWII Europe

RUBEN RIVERS

                    Ruben Rivers was born in Oklahoma in 1921.  He was half Cherokee, half African American.  He graduated from high school and then went to work with a railroad.  When America entered WWII, he and his two brothers enlisted in the Army.  After facing discrimination in training, he joined the Read more…

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THE ONLY EXECUTED DESERTER

            Eddie Slovik was the fifth child of an immigrant family that settled in Michigan.  The family was poor and during the Depression his father was often unemployed.  At age 12, Eddie took to supplementing the family income by stealing.  He was arrested several times as a teenager and joined Read more…

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