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Number9Dream

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8. DU always remembers this tragedy

Mon May 4, 2015, 08:23 AM

May 2015

Rest In Peace - Allison Krause, Sandra Scheuer, Jeffrey Miller, William Schroeder.

I remember how the killings at Kent State pushed a large number of my high school classmates, who were politically middle-of-the-road, much further toward the anti-war, anti-establishment end of the spectrum.

My older brother, in the 11th Light Infantry Brigade, in S. Vietnam, didn't hear about it until a day or two after. He said most of the soldiers felt that battle-dressed guardsmen should NOT have responded, even to rock throwing, with lethal force.

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Shots Still Reverberate For Survivors Of Kent State...remembering May 4, 1970. [View all] madfloridian May 2015 OP

It was a bad bad day annabanana May 2015 #1

I posted their pics because they surely do not look dangerous or hostile. madfloridian May 2015 #10

Kick. Agschmid May 2015 #2

I'm getting my crying over this country done early, today Demeter May 2015 #3

I remember some pro war nuts REJOICIND... MarianJack May 2015 #4

I sent the link to your post marym625 May 2015 #5

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I never forgot that day malaise May 2015 #7

DU always remembers this tragedy Number9Dream May 2015 #8

Terrible day for the anti-war movement, free speech, and America. As seniors in high school, FailureToCommunicate May 2015 #9

K&R FloriTexan May 2015 #11

Thanks. madfloridian May 2015 #13

K&R Pooka Fey May 2015 #12