The year was 1944. The world was at war in a foreign land. Louis Till was stationed in Italy, serving his country, fighting the axis powers, or so he thought. Instead of coming home a war hero, he found himself accused of the unthinkable, murder and rape, a crime he would not live to dispute. The trial was swift, too swift. The evidence questionable, witness testimonies contradictory. The US Army, desperate to maintain discipline and order, needed an example. And in Louis till, they found one. The verdict, guilty. The sentence, death. June 1945, at just 23 years old, Louis Till met his end at the gallows. No appeal, no reconsideration, no honour.