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	Ron Kovic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kovic received the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay on January 20, 1990, exactly twenty-two years to the day that he was shot and paralyzed in the Vietnam War.
		Kovic is a decorated U.S. Marine who served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War where he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
		Kovic was a speaker at the 1976 Democratic National Convention, seconding the nomination of draft resister Fritz Efaw for Vice President of the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ron_Kovic (599 words)

	Born on the Fourth of July - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ron's problems are as much psychological as physical and he quickly becomes alcoholic and belligerent.
		Ron travels to a small town in Mexico ("The Village of the Sun") that seems to be a haven for paralyzed Vietnam veterans.
		Ron wants to ask her to marry him but he sees her with another customer and decides against it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Born_on_the_Fourth_of_July (1635 words)

	Heroism Project \| 1970s \| Ron Kovic
		Kovic was paralyzed from the waist-down after he was shot in the shoulder.
		Ron, the eldest child, was not interested in academics, but was an accomplished athlete joining the wrestling and track teams.
		Kovic joined with every intention of being the best marine that he could be, wanting win as many medals as he could.
	www.heroism.org /class/1970/kovic.html (688 words)

	The My Hero Project - Ron Kovic by Tim Gilmer New Mobility Magazine
		Not the shameful Bronx VA of Kovic's 1976 book, Born on the Fourth of July, and later, Oliver Stone's academy award-winning movie of the same name--which was condemned and torn down--but the Long Beach, Calif., VA hospital.
		Kovic, 56, had gone in for a checkup at the spinal cord injury outpatient clinic, only to find his doctor expressing worry over potential cutbacks, a situation reminiscent of spending priorities at the close of the Vietnam War.
		At heart, Kovic remains idealistic, a remarkable state of mind for a man who was paralyzed in a war he later came to abhor, a man who has been beaten, spat upon and jailed several times while invoking his right as an American citizen to demonstrate in protest.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=kovic_article (3280 words)

	The My Hero Project - Ron Kovic
		Ron Kovic is a Vietnam veteran, former Marine Corps sergeant and author of Born on the 4th of July.
		Kovic along with Oliver Stone was the co-screenwriter of the film BORN ON THE 4th of JULY released in December 1989.
		Kovic was to address the Democratic National Convention, which had convened in New York to nominate Jimmy Carter for the presidency of the United States.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=Kovic (2025 words)

	Ron Kovic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kovic returned to the States in 1968 and was awarded a Bronze Star for heroism and a Purple Heart, as he received extensive medical care.
		During the 1972 Republican Party convention, Kovic and some fellow vets in wheelchairs succeeded in disrupting President Nixon's televised acceptance speech, an event he considers one of the highlights of his activist years, which also included protests against nuclear-power plants, American interference in Central America and the too-often inferior medical treatment of war veterans.
		Kovic turned his 1976 autobiography, Born on the Fourth of July, into the eponymous 1989 film with the help of fellow Vietnam vet Oliver Stone.
	theoscarsite.com /whoswho7/kovic_r.htm (410 words)

	Akashicbooks.com - Indie \| Literary \| Books
		"Ron Kovic is one of the premier voices of a generation.
		Ron Kovic is the kid who John Wayne sent to war -- though the actor, like so many others in the macho pantheon of American culture, never saw combat.
		The incredible thing about Ron is that he never lost his sense of humor nor his deeply felt outrage, which has made him an incredibly effective witness, determined that other young peoples' bodies not be wasted, as was his.
	www.akashicbooks.com /bornonthefourth.htm (534 words)

	Ron Kovic Speaks
		Kovic was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film Born on the Fourth of July, directed by Oliver Stone.
		Currently, Kovic is combing through the Los Angeles area participating in the Coffee House Teach-In Project, a series of anti-war lectures and gatherings financed by the Venice United Methodist Church.
		Kovic himself says he was raised and influenced by the films of John Wayne and movies like The Sands of Iwo Jima and To Hell and Back.
	www.tokyoprogressive.org /index/weblog/print/ron-kovic-speaks (1030 words)

	Ron Kovic - Resources for Teachers and Students
		Prepare: Ron Kovic was a U.S. Marine who suffered a spinal cord injury due to enemy fire during the Vietnam War, and became a leading activist against the war by helping to organize the Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
		Explore: Ron Kovic wrote a best-selling biography, Born on the Fourth of July, which was made into an Academy Award-winning film by Oliver Stone.
		Extend: Ron Kovic continued to function as a peace activist even after the conclusion of the Vietnam War.
	www.scu.edu /ethics/architects-of-peace/Kovic/lesson.html (349 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ron Kovic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Born on the Fourth of July (ISBN 1888451785) is the best selling autobiography of Ron Kovic, a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran who became an anti-war activist.
		Ron Kovic (born July 4, 1946) is an anti-war activist who was paralyzed in the Vietnam War.
		Ron Kovic and other anti-war activists were spat on by Republicans after disrupting President Richard M. Nixon's acceptance speech at the 1972 Republican National Convention.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ron-Kovic (1473 words)

	Ron Kovic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A veteran of the Vietnam War, Kovic had considered it his duty to serve his country.
		Kovic had returned home not to a hero's welcome, but rather to neglect and indifference in America's veterans' hospitals as he began the long process of healing.
		Finally, in 1991, director Oliver Stone brought Ron's story to the attention of the world with his film, Born on the Fourth of July, starring Tom Cruise.
	www.salsa.net /peace/faces/kovic.html (158 words)

	Santa Monica Mirror: Ron Kovic Speaks For ADA At Anniversary Celebration
		Author and activist Ron Kovic and others celebrated the tenth anniversary of the passage of the American Disabilities Act (ADA) at an event sponsored by the Coalition for a Santa Monica Disabilities Commission last Wednesday evening at the Ken Edwards Center.
		Kovic was paralyzed from the chest down in Vietnam in 1968.
		Following Kovic's speech, candles on a tenth anniversary cake were lit to symbolize support for the ADA.
	www.smmirror.com /volume2/issue7/ron_kovic_speaks.html (305 words)

	Accuracy In Media - AIM Report
		Kovic's spinal cord was severed by an enemy bullet, leaving him paralyzed from the middle of his chest to his toes.
		Kovic's mother is upset about her screen portrait as a religious fanatic and robotic anti-communist, or the one-time Arthur's Bar regular who knows that no one ever hassled Ron Kovic in that watering hole for losing the Vietnam war.
		Kovic's being thrown from his wheelchair and arrested is said to have occurred at a demonstration in front of Nixon campaign headquarters in Los Angeles.
	www.aim.org /publications/aim_report/1990/04a.html (4161 words)

	My Hero : Gallery
		Ron Kovic was born on July 4, 1946 and he is the author of BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, an autobiography.
		Ron Kovic is a tireless worker for the homeless and for the cause of international peace.
		Ron Kovic has worked for peace for over three decades.
	www.myhero.com /myhero/go/gallery/open.asp?art=kovicphoto (89 words)

	Ron Kovic Speaking - Click for Ron Kovic Speaking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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	www.inforeview111.info /Public-Speaking/Public-Speech/Ron-Kovic-Speaking.cfm (562 words)

	Amazon.com: Born on the Fourth of July: Books: Ron Kovic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The sheer contempt with which Kovic was treated turned this All-American young man into a cynic, turning him against the war, and forcing him to confront an uncomfortable paradox: millions were being spent on war machines while America's wounded soldiers had to live with filth and rats in their hospital rooms.
		Kovic also tells us---in various flashbacks---about his psychological journey as a paraplegic, about his loneliness, his depression, his pain and misery, and his frustration at being unable to walk.
		Ron Kovic is a Marine whose life was blasted and changed forever by the paralyzing wound he received in Vietnam.
	www.amazon.com /Born-Fourth-July-Ron-Kovic/dp/067173914X (1756 words)

	Military.com Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kovic describes an incident in a VA hospital in the Bronx, where he was treated after he broke his leg doing stretching exercises.
		This experience and many others like it were part of what drove Kovic to become an activist for peace and on behalf of his fellow veterans.
		In opposing the war and their treatment after returning home, however, Kovic and his fellow veterans found something else that was powerful: community.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=ML_kovic_bkp (433 words)

	Journeys with Jood: Ron Kovic, breaking the silence
		Kovic, born on July 4, 1946, was a gung-ho Marine, who became one of the most vocal anti-war activists during the Viet Nam War.
		Kovic's article talks about the process of doubt for a soldier involved in an immoral war begins.
		Good on Kovic for having the bravery to confront this and call a spade a spade, and for fighting the good fight all these years.
	journeyswithjood.blogspot.com /2006/10/ron-kovic-breaking-silence.html (1120 words)

	Truthdig - A/V Booth - In Pictures: Ron Kovic Today
		Kovic’s essay brought tears to my eyes and reminded me that my sufferings have been very slight indeed, and that they were nearly all products of my own doing or choices, not because of any actions of my government.
		Kovic, I thank you for your revelatory essay on the ‘extra’ordinary trials and tribulations faced by so many of the soldiers who are faced with the reality or even the possibility, of placing themselves in harm’s way.
		Ron’s story just brought back, memories of when I was in RVN 70/71; Ron, should you ever make it to the New Haven area of CT, please look me up, you said a lot, an awful lot.
	www.truthdig.com /avbooth/item/in_pictures_ron_kovic_today (10467 words)

	CNN.com - Ron Kovic: Peace movement will be largest ever - Jan. 17, 2003
		Ron Kovic: Peace movement will be largest ever
		Kovic wrote "Born on the Fourth of July," which was made into an award-winning movie.
		Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic -- the author of the book "Born on the Fourth of July," which later became an Academy-award winning film -- will be a featured speaker at the protest on Saturday.
	www.cnn.com /2003/US/01/17/cnna.kovic (733 words)

	Roman Catholics - Ron Kovic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		{{cleanup-dateOctober 2005}} Ron Kovic (born July 4, 1946) was a U.S. Marine who served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War where he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
		Kovic was born in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, Wisconsin and grew up in Massapequa, New York, New York.
		Bobby Muller, Bill Wieman, Mark Clevinger, and Ron Kovic were spat upon by Republicans at the 1972 Republican National Convention.
	roman-catholics.knolix.com /ron-kovic-236697.htm (291 words)

	AlterNet: Ron Kovic Reborn
		Not the shameful Bronx VA that Kovic's 1976 book, "Born on the Fourth of July," and later, Oliver Stone's academy award-winning movie of the same name, exposed -- which was subsequently condemned and torn down -- but the Long Beach, Calif., VA hospital.
		He may not be in the forefront of the fight for disability rights, but the beginning of his life as a wheelchair user coincides with the birth of seminal disability legislation -- 1968, the year the Architectural Barriers Act was passed -- and he knows where the movement is headed.
		At heart, Kovic remains idealistic, a remarkable state of mind for a man who was paralyzed in a war he later came to abhor, a man who has been beaten, spat upon, and jailed several times while invoking his right -- as an American citizen -- to demonstrate in protest.
	www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=16214 (3547 words)

	Ron Kovic: Breaking the Silence of the Night
		Do you know who Ron Kovic is? He’s the guy portrayed by Tom Cruise in the movie Born on the 4th of July.
		Ron sees the same rhetoric behind our current war and writes a poignant essay about the similarities between the war that took his innocence and this, our abomination in Iraq.
		Ron Kovic sees his beloved country involved in another quagmire.
	www.gnn.tv /headlines/11859/Ron_Kovic_Breaking_the_Silence_of_the_Night (386 words)

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	Politics in the Zeros»Blog Archive » Ron Kovic
		I heard Ron Kovic of “Born on the 4th of July” fame speak last night.
		Kovic, who lost use of his legs in combat in Vietnam, helped found Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), and has been an peace activist ever since.
		Kovic talked about his fury and hatred while lying in the hospital realizing he would never walk again.
	polizeros.com /2002/11/26/ron-kovic (798 words)

	Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ron Kovic calls on this new generation to stop the U.S. war in Iraq, "...I have watched in horror the mirror image of another Vietnam unfolding.
		Ron Kovic served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War as a Marine Corps sargeant.
		Along with Oliver Stone, Kovic was co-screenwriter of the Academy Award-winning film Born on the Fourth of July (starring Tom Cruise as Ron Kovic), based on the book.
	www.leftbooks.com /cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/online-store/scstore/p-bakb76bfj.html?L+scstore+xfgm5062ffc8b1c8+1212781609 (225 words)

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