Monday, May 4, 2020

Four Dead in Ohio

On this day 50 years ago 4 unarmed college students were gunned down by the Ohio National Guard for protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. 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 (source: Wikipedia)

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