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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
5
An American machine gunner recounts a German execution detail behind the line in France. He joins a firing squad, recalls tense orders, the solemn duty, and firing at a condemned man, with rain, mud, and cliffed nerves shaping the night.
Albert Lloyd, labeled coward by peers, deserts his post in fear of frontline death. He hides in a French dugout as dawn nears, then faces execution for desertion. A sentry’s false pardon and a brutal bombardment lead to Lloyd’s resolve and a dramatic, unknown outcome in the trenches.
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