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Kent State — Part 15

104 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 15, 1970 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kent State · 104 pages OCR'd
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(2) [o Several photographs were disp 0 «or a possible identification. He recognized oo, and said that he had seen him going into the town Friday evening, On Sunday, May 3, 197Q Meee ent back to look ove the burned out ROTC building. iii Sid that he ran into ee and CRAIG MORGAN who acted as edies Monday. Dvring the vols the bell on the Commons begen s wer, Only about 50 people responded to the bell ringing. wctched the National Guard turn out and the arrival of Governor RHODES, Sunday night QB aic groups of students were gatherin« @l) over the Commons arta, Reports of snipers brought helicooters with big search lights. He could see them diving onto different Broups of students in an effort to disperse them. He watched the heltcopters diving and the students run antil finally the students moved off towards Tri-Towers. fb loter heard tnat the helicopters were still at work in the area around Tri-Towers. On Monday, May 4, 1970 yient to a 7:45 in Franklin Hall. The professor cnem ©£o carly so Gi & walk around caospus. He said he talked with several O le Guard whom he had met the previous 2 days. At 8:30 AM he went over to the ROTC building to work on the burned records. At approximately 9:39 AM he first heard the National Guard launching tear ras. Everyone went outsides to see what was heppening. Ths rinsing and eas was blowing all around. He noticed running around takin pictures. He watched the Guard : ir 311 towards Teylor Hall to disperse the students who hed pathored watched the Guard until they had passed over the crest ef the He waited until he could see them again, The Guard came back a few minutes later. foe saw the Guard turn and losk to the side of them. They went UME@ETiring position and beran firing. Before tne M-ls were fired oa ricard one round, a pause. tio rounts and then the Hels opened up. stated thet the first 3 rounds were definitely not M-ls. id that they could rossit- have been a .45 caliber but since he was not familiar with the rep of a .4'S caliber, he was not sure. tiwjliis fellow cadets, and the officers present concurred in their opinion that 27 rounds were fired.
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