We had a guy in our dorm in ‘70 at Maryland.
He was a Viet Nam vet and joined the national guard when he got out.
They called out the nat guard for the spring riots and he ended up living
in a tent in Greenbeit Park and guarding the computer center across the street
from our dorm.
Strange days indeed
1969-I graduated from a military high school (Georgia Military College).
1970-I was in college; (National Guard in Ohio killed 4 students).
1970-I joined the National Guard (no interest in going to Vietnam).
I trained with a guy from Wooster, Ohio, who was joining the guard unit that were assigned to Kent State.
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So there I was ...
a person that did not want to go to Vietnam;
and a college student (remember Dan Quayle?)