Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Greg Long Oral History

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Greg Long Oral History

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Narrator Long, Greg
Narrator's Role Student at Kent State University in 1970
Date of Interview 2020-01-23
Description Greg Long was a student at Kent State University in 1970, was a member of the ROTC program, and was majoring in accounting and business management. He discusses his experiences being harassed on campus whenever he wore his military uniform; anti-war protestors threw eggs and tomatoes, along with verbal abuse, at him and his fellow recruits. Long regularly took the campus bus to class and shares an anecdote from one day in 1969: he was in uniform that day, was surprised to see Jerry Rubin riding on the bus, and describes the encounter that ensued. He goes on to relate his detailed eyewitness account of the events of May 4, 1970, from his vantage point at the burned remains of the ROTC Building, where he was working that day to help inventory the weapons that had been stored there.
Length of Interview 1:09:41 hours
Places Discussed Kent (Ohio)
Time Period discussed 1967-1971
Subject(s) Civil-military relations--Ohio--Kent
College environment--Ohio--Kent
College fraternity members--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
College students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Community and college--Ohio--Kent
Draft
Eyewitness accounts
Firearms
Garand rifle
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Kent State University. Army ROTC
Kent State University. ROTC Building
Military occupation--Ohio--Kent
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Ohio. Army National Guard
Police training
Rubin, Jerry
Sessions, Hazel
Soldiers--Interviews
Students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Tear gas munitions
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Provenance/Collection May 4 Collection