Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

William Brauning Oral History

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

William Brauning Oral History

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Narrator Brauning, William
Narrator's Role Student at Kent State University in 1970
Date of Interview 2000-04-24
Description William Brauning was an undergraduate student at Kent State University in 1970 and he discusses his memories of the shootings on campus. He describes the helicopters that circled over Kent and the searchlights that were used. He describes arriving at The Commons shortly after the shootings had taken place and he talks about the photographs he took of Guardsmen. He also describes seeing one of the victims, surrounded by a group of people, before the ambulances arrived and how Dr. Glenn Frank convinced him and others in that group to leave campus for their own safety. He discusses his memories of Sandy Scheuer, one of the students killed in the shootings, who had been his lab partner in a class.
Length of Interview 15:09 minutes
Places Discussed Kent (Ohio)
Time Period discussed May, 1970
Subject(s) Ambulances
College students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Frank, Glenn W.
Helicopters
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Ohio. Army National Guard
Scheuer, Sandra, d. 1970
Searchlights
Students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Repository Special Collections and Archives
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