Born on the Fourth of July
memoir by Kovic
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- In Ron Kovic: Antiwar activism and Born on the Fourth of July
…year Kovic published his memoir, Born on the Fourth of July, which tells the story of his transformation from a patriotic soldier to an antiwar activist. A deeply personal and searingly honest book, it begins with an epigraph that Kovic also recited at the start of his speech at the…
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War Stories: 13 Modern Writers Who Served in War
- In War Stories: 13 Modern Writers Who Served in War: Ron Kovic
In 1976 Kovic published Born on the Fourth of July, a memoir of his war experience and his activism. Kovic’s story inspired rocker Bruce Springsteen to write “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984), a song about the U.S. government’s poor treatment of Vietnam veterans. In 1989 Born on the Fourth…
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