Antoinette Slovik (in 1974 at 59, left) did not learn the details of her husband’s death until a 1954 book (opposite) spelled them out. Calling Eddie “the unluckiest poor kid who ever lived,” she fought to clear his name and secure life insurance funds the army had denied her. Unsuccessful, she died in 1979 at 64. (Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University)

Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University (Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University)

Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University