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ProfessorGAC

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1. I Worked With A Guy Who Was There

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2020, 06:36 AM

May 2020

Got his BS at Kent, MS at UK.
He was a hyper liberal, and supported the protest, but had labs he couldn't miss.
Left lab to go watch, thinking he just might go join it? Saw NG in riot gear and automatic weapons and thought "F That!"
He was just turning to back into the science building when the gunfire started. He jumped into the door and stayed away from the windows.
He said it was total chaos at that point.

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50 years Ago Today; Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming... [View all] Dennis Donovan May 2020 OP

I Worked With A Guy Who Was There ProfessorGAC May 2020 #1

Thank you for this!! REMEMBER KENT STATE!! lastlib May 2020 #2

An Excellent book on the massacre.... lastlib May 2020 #3

50 years ago today, I thought the country had lost it's way. Now, I know it has. sinkingfeeling May 2020 #4

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio - 11/3/1991 - Golden Gate Park Harry Walpurgisnacht May 2020 #5

Yeah, I'm getting a little long in the tooth myself. SergeStorms May 2020 #7

Made me cry lillypaddle May 2020 #18

I remember the day..... SergeStorms May 2020 #6

The next line of the song is "We're finally on our own." panader0 May 2020 #8

Thank You, Dennis! McKim May 2020 #9

I remember it too mgardener May 2020 #10

I was a college student in TN. TNNurse May 2020 #11

I was just graduating from high school then and was college bound in a few months. lark May 2020 #12

Thanks! Roy Rolling May 2020 #13

Remember that as a college freshman in spring of 1970. yellowcanine May 2020 #14

and don't forget, Jackson State. 3Hotdogs May 2020 #15

A day I will never forget lillypaddle May 2020 #16

Some say it ended the hippie era. zentrum May 2020 #17

This was a Pivot Point in my life.... ashredux May 2020 #19

I was 12 y.o. and my brother was Upthevibe May 2020 #20

Bookmarked for reading later. n/t Martin Eden May 2020 #21

Amazing OP, Dennis. calimary May 2020 #22

Blatant Murder colsohlibgal May 2020 #23

I was stationed at Ft Lee, VA when that happened. flamin lib May 2020 #24

Teach Your Children Mendocino May 2020 #25

Do you old-timers remember how GLAD some people were that this happened? Paladin May 2020 #26

I remember statements like Mendocino May 2020 #27

I was in college at the time; I bought and wore a "Student Target" t-shirt. Paladin May 2020 #28