kent state." on may 4th, 1970, national guardsmen opened fire on a crowd of students on the campus of kent state university in ohio. some were part of a compass protest against the vietnam war. others were merely bystanders. 13 students shot by the guardsmen, 4 of them died. looking back, it's been suggested by some that something like the kent state incident was bound to happen. some anti-war demonstrations were becoming increasingly violent. but live ammunition had never been used on a crowd of anti-war demonstrators until this day. the shootings shocked the nation. many have called it the moment the war came home. and for 44 years survivors of the kent state tragedy have asked the simple question, how could this have happened? ♪ >> no more war! >> the time has come for the finest government in the united states of america. >> the national guard and other law enforcers are harassed by rock throwers and name calling, and at kent state in ohio, four students were killed. >> leave this area immediately. leave this area immediately ♪ tin soldiers and nixon coming ♪ ♪ we're finally on our own ♪ this summer i hear the

kent state university. the ohio national guard fired on students protesting the vietnam war. four students were killed, nine others wounded. listen as some of those kent state students relive that tragic scene inourney. >>> i thought this was going to be perfect for my photography class. went out and saw the kids on the common and heard the bell. and saw them sent out a jeep to tell everybody this is an illegal gathering. >> leave this area immediately. >> and that was the part where i really started to get angry because it was on the campus. nobody was doing anything but standing in a group. >> general cantorbury said, okay, we're going to have to disperse them because it's an illegal assembly. with that i brought my gren na deers forward and we tired tear gas on the hill and in front of them. >> i never imagined na the national guard determined that they had to break up the crowd, that we were illegally on the hillside, that we needed to get out of there. so i didn't like that. i thought, you guys haven't even given us a chance. >> i was about 150 feet away, about 50 yards away from the national guard. i was shouting at them mostly anti-war slogans, but perhaps a few insults if i remember co

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