He was a witness to one of the most riveting unsolved crimes in American history, which inspired scores of conspiracy theories and obsessed amateur sleuths.
William Rataczak with Tina Mucklow, a flight attendant, after the Northwest passenger jet hijacked by D.B. Cooper landed safely in Reno, Nev., in 1971.
The sights and sounds of a day in May 1970 when National Guard troops clashed with students at Kent State University. Four were killed, and nine were injured.
He was shot in 1970 by the National Guard during a student protest over the Vietnam War that left four dead in Ohio. A photo of him lying on the ground and bleeding made the cover of Life magazine.
The Ohio National Guard opened fire on antiwar protesters at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. John Cleary, lying on the ground, was a bystander when he was shot in the chest. Four students were fatally shot and nine others were wounded during the incident.
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