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In reply to the discussion: How Many DUers Actually Remember the Kent State Killings? [View all]Alea
(706 posts)However, last year I went on a quest for knowledge to learn everything I could about it. Before that, I had only heard of it a few times and we discussed once or twice in high school. Learning the whole story in depth was both sad and amazing. 2 of the students killed were not even protesting. Just walking to class, and no student involved wanted what eventually happened. I'm in college now but because I went into the Army for 8 years, I'm older than most of the students here. When I think about these 19 and 20 year old kids that wanted nothing more than change, being shot like this, it overwhelms the imagination.
Jeffrey Glenn Miller; age 20; 265 ft (81 m) shot through the mouth; killed instantly
Allison B. Krause; age 19; 343 ft (105 m) fatal left chest wound; died later that day
William Knox Schroeder; age 19; 382 ft (116 m) fatal chest wound; died almost an hour later in a local hospital while undergoing surgery
Sandra Lee Scheuer; age 20; 390 ft (120 m) fatal neck wound; died a few minutes later from loss of blood
Look at the ages : ( I never knew you, but you are not forgotten.
Interesting factoid - In this picture, taken at the moment the shooting was happening, look at the man on the left with a pistol. He was the leader if this group of Guardsmen. There were other groups but this is the group that opened fire. This man claims he never fired and the investigation couldn't determine if he fired or not. That's an Army Colt 45 with the slide to the rear, so he's either running around with his slide locked back, which no one does, or the picture caught him at the moment he fired, or the moment he finished firing. With that gun the slide goes back with each shot and also locks back when the last shot is fired from the clip. How can they not figure this shit out?? We can never know the full truth sometimes.
There's larger better pics of this on google but I didn't want to post a large pic here and couldn't find a way to just post the link without having the pic appear in the post.
Good thread MineralMan. Thanks for posting!