Trouble on the Home Front

"Ohio"
By: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

The song Ohio was written by the band Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young as a protest of the Ohio National Guards actions in response to protesting students at Kent State in 1970. Four students were shot and killed on May 4, 1970 and nine others were wounded. The gunfire sparked more anger about the war and mistrust of authority within the protest movement nationwide.

This video from CBS news is an example of the coverage Americans could expect to see in their living rooms of the Vietnam War. This and even more graphic images shocked and in many cases angered the public, creating discord about the war and leading many Americans to wonder if the government was lying about American successes in Vietnam.