As a college student at the time, I still remember our school being shut down and all of us were sent home early with the threat of more riots. Carried the record of “no grades given” for that quarter on my college transcripts my entire adult life. At the time, we were angered about the kids being killed. As an adult, I realized that the “troops” were kids too, put into a very difficult situation. It was just a tragedy.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/grimsley1/warchild/kent.htm
I was a college student who was also in the national guard.
Crazy times, indeed, they were.