Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Joseph M. Sima Oral History

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Joseph M. Sima Oral History

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Narrator Sima, Joseph M.
Narrator's Role Student at Kent State University in 1970
Date of Interview 2007-10-16
Description An undergraduate student at Kent State University in 1970, Joseph Sima relates his memories of the days surrounding the shootings; he describes the helicopters, tanks, tear gas, and weapons that he saw. He was in the Student Union when the shootings took place. He discusses what he knows about Terry Norman and his experiences trying to give the information he had about Norman to the FBI and to government officials. Sima reads from a prepared statement during part of this interview.
Length of Interview 27:54 minutes
Places Discussed Kent (Ohio)
Time Period discussed 1968-1972
Subject(s) Armored vehicles, Military
Bayonets
College students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Firearms
Helicopters
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Kent State University. ROTC Building--Fires
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Norman, Terry
Ohio. Army National Guard
Students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Repository Special Collections and Archives
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