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  1. Kovic presently lives in an apartment in Redondo Beach and spends most of his time working on a sequel to ‘Born on the Fourth of July’. Kovic never married and is currently enjoying his life with his girlfriend.

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  2. Ron Kovic (born July 4, 1946, Ladysmith, Wisconsin, U.S.) is a Vietnam War veteran, activist, and author who became a leading antiwar figure in the 1970s. Kovic had been wounded and paralyzed during his service in the war.

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  3. Mar 28, 2024 · It was during the Vietnam War, a war he had volunteered for, that Kovic suffered his life-threatening — and life-changing — injuries. But after he was discharged from the hospital, Kovic took a staunchly different stance. He became a prominent anti-war activist, and he was arrested 12 times for political protesting by the time the conflict ...

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  4. RON KOVIC served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He was paralyzed from his chest down in combat in 1968 and has been in a wheelchair ever since. Along with Oliver Stone, Kovic was the ...

  5. Nov 17, 2016 · In January 1968, U.S. Marine Ron Kovic was fighting near My Loc, Republic of Vietnam, when an enemy bullet paralyzed him from the chest down. He became one of the war’s best-known opponents. In 1976, the Massapequa, New York, resident published a searing memoir, Born on the Fourth of July. A 1989 film adaptation earned Kovic a Golden Globe ...

  6. Sep 2, 2017 · Published September 02, 2017. In his book, "Born on the Fourth of July," Ron Kovic relates advice he received from a priest at the military hospital in Da Nang, Vietnam. "Your fight is just ...

  7. The widespread acclaim and resonance of Kovic’s memoir prompted its adaptation into a film in 1989, directed by Oliver Stone and starring Tom Cruise as Ron Kovic. The movie, also titled “Born on the Fourth of July,” brought Kovic’s story to a broader audience and further underscored the struggles faced by veterans returning from war.

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