In 1968, Richard Nixon won the presidency partly on a promise to end the Vietnam War, but after he announced the invasion of Cambodia on April 30, 1970, protests spread across college campuses. At Kent State University, an anti-war rally was held on the Commons on May 1, and protestors called for another rally on May 4. After disturbances in downtown Kent, city officials asked Governor James Rhodes to send the Ohio National Guard, and troops were later called to campus after an ROTC building was set on fire. On May 4, 1970, students protested on the Commons against the U.S. invasion of Cambodia and the presence of the National Guard. Guard troops advanced and drove students past Taylor Hall, while a small group of protestors taunted the Guard from the Prentice Hall parking lot. The National Guard then marched back to the Pagoda, where members of Company A, 145th Infantry, and Troop G, 107th Armored Cavalry, turned and fired 61-67 shots during thirteen seconds. Four students were killed: Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, and William Schroeder. Nine students were wounded: Alan Canfora, John Clearly, Thomas Grace, Dean Kahler, Joseph Lewis, D. Scott MacKenzie, James Russell, Robert Stamps, and Douglas Wrentmore. Those shot were 20 to 245 yards away from the Guard, and the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest concluded that the shootings were unnecessary, unwarranted, and inexcusable.