<p>I grew up just outside Detroit as well. The war was on TV every night and in extended version on CBC and CTV out of Canada. We watched much more than you saw on Cronkite. I remember one documentary from Canada showing the members of a platoon arguing with their officer about the dangers crossing an open space with soldiers saying they’d refuse to go. </p>
<p>My dad was a doctor in the city and he worked through the riots at Detroit Receiving. He insisted we go downtown on, I think, the last day because he said it wasn’t like on TV. The city was empty except for some military vehicles. We saw a movie in the Summit Theatre. As I remember it was Gran Prix with James Garner. Very cool driving scenes. We were the only people there. As I remember, he took us down there because the night before we’d been at Meadowbrook - out at Oakland U - for a concert and people were talking about how terrible it was.</p>
<p>Last I was in the city, both of the hospitals - Receiving and Memorial across the street - were torn down. No trace left.</p>