On the battlefield, he accidentally shot a young corporal. Kovic was shocked when his superiors refused to hear his confession. On another occasion, he and his fellow platoon members were ordered to kill a village full of civilians. They were told the citizens of the village were armed. ...
Ron Kovic's autobiography, Born on the Fourth of July, offers a narrative look at how a young man from a working-class suburb grew to become a marine recruit, wounded Vietnam veteran, and anti-war activist during the period from the late 1950s to the 1970s. In examining Kovic's story...
Kovic had earned the medal for his service in the Vietnam War, but he gave it to Cruise for his “heroic performance” playing Kovic. During this time he had a chance meeting with Oliver Stone, an unknown young filmmaker and a Vietnam War veteran, in California. When Kovic told him ...
Many of us who served in Vietnam promised ourselves long ago that we would never again allow what happened to us in that war to ever happen again. We had an obligation as citizens, as Americans, as human beings to raise our voices in protest. ...