Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Martin Gallagher Oral History

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Martin Gallagher Oral History

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Narrator Gallagher, Martin
Narrator's Role Student at Kent State University in 1970
Date of Interview 2016-01-11
Description Martin Gallagher was a freshman in the aeronautics program at Kent State University in 1970. He discusses his memories of the mood on campus during the spring of that year and his feelings about the Vietnam War, his draft classification, and his application for conscientious objector status. He also talks about his uncle, Michael Gallagher, whose law firm, Gallagher, Fulton & Sharp, represented the National Guardsmen.
Length of Interview 00:37:24
Places Discussed Kent (Ohio)
Portland (Oregon)
Time Period discussed 1969-1973; 2005
Subject(s) College students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Conscientious objectors--United States
Draft
Kahler, Dean
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970--Trials, litigation, etc.
Kent State University. ROTC Building--Fires
Spring fever--Ohio--Kent
Repository Special Collections and Archives
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