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37. Oh man - that image. That young woman's shocked grief as the other student lays there dying.

Wed May 6, 2015, 09:56 AM

May 2015

Mortally wounded by gunfire from the National Guard - that was called upon to fire upon their fellow citizens. I remember this image. Hell, how could you ever forget it. These students were just a few years older than I was at the time. There was campus unrest all over the country because so many young men that age were being drafted off to that hellhole in Vietnam. If you were lucky, you had a high number in the draft lottery and/or you had a student deferment. But ironically, the college campus that purported to be a refuge from the war no longer protected you from the flying bullets. I don't think there was anyone my age, looking toward college or university, who wasn't shaken by this and thinking the same thought - "Fuck. Could that happen to me?"

Horrid moment. HORRID.

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Here's a picture of the Kent State shootings from 45 years ago today. We should never forget this. [View all] icymist May 2015 OP

So many memories from that day, we were so shocked, killing students. "four dead in Ohio," n/t RKP5637 May 2015 #1

Were the killers ever identified? n/t 951-Riverside May 2015 #2

The Ohio National Guard did this. icymist May 2015 #3

Sorry, I was asking about the individuals within the national guard n/t 951-Riverside May 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words May 2015 #6

From what I recall, no Guardsmen were ever Ilsa May 2015 #9

From the Wikipedia: icymist May 2015 #10

the police have been getting away with murder NJCher May 2015 #23

I have never seen this picture. shocking Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #24

Yes. They were Americans. Lochloosa May 2015 #5

The situation was a powder keg already, but got real FUBAR after FBI informant Terry Norman fired FailureToCommunicate May 2015 #16

Ohio... MrMickeysMom May 2015 #7

.. liberal N proud May 2015 #8

I remember that song well, I was a teen at that time. Tears~ sheshe2 May 2015 #11

My husband remembers it so well, too... MrMickeysMom May 2015 #14

That is what I was thinking. Some real similarities between then and now. When ever an unarmed jwirr May 2015 #19

Hey, jwirr, I am down to. sheshe2 May 2015 #20

My brother suffers from severe depression and his wife has fit because he watches the news. I jwirr May 2015 #21

Oh, jwirr, so sorry. sheshe2 May 2015 #22

Oh man - that image. That young woman's shocked grief as the other student lays there dying. calimary May 2015 #37

That man with a flag Caretha May 2015 #12

protecting our 'freedoms'! KG May 2015 #13

Imagine a national guardsthing, I wouldn't use guardsman, that was stoked to kill him a filthy brewens May 2015 #15

My Father and Mother told me once that that was the day they lost respect for America. BlueJazz May 2015 #17

I wasn't even a year old but I remember people talking about it rbrnmw May 2015 #18

There is a tape that captured the order to shoot marym625 May 2015 #25

i will always remember kent state as the day tptb questionseverything May 2015 #28

I think that started with the civil rights movement marym625 May 2015 #29

inexcusable that current admins justice department will not reopen the case questionseverything May 2015 #30

I am not positive that is all the guard did marym625 May 2015 #31

I headed an active duty Army riot control unit that was on alert for the '68 Dem Convention pinboy3niner May 2015 #32

wow! marym625 May 2015 #34

So Unbelievable. colsohlibgal May 2015 #26

Why exactly was there live ammo involved? nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #27

Because they planned to keep the students in line marym625 May 2015 #35

This was the day I learned that: "Little Tommy doesn't live here anymore!" LongTomH May 2015 #33

I watched the news from an Army hospital bed in San Francisco pinboy3niner May 2015 #36