Born on the Fourth of July
Ron Kovic, born on the fourth of July, raised in a patriotic family and spoon-fed heroic tales left home to fight the war in Vietnam. Kovic returned from the war with a shattered body, but it took a couple of years for the damage to spread to his mind and spirit. By the time he hit bottom he was a demoralized, spiteful man who sought escape in booze, drugs and Mexican whorehouses. Then he began to look outside of himself for a larger pattern to his life, the pattern that inspired his passionate pursuit of peace. Kovic never seemed to have control over his life, during his formidable years he was influenced by his family and friends, he was ordered by the U.S Military but, as a disabled veteran of the Vietnam War, made a conscious choice to become an ambassador of peace. On July 15, 1976, Ron Kovic pulled his wheelchair into the gleaming lights of New York City’s Madison Square Garden. The eyes of the entire country were focused on this intent young man, just turned 30 but wise beyo
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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