Stories by Ron Kovic

Stopping the War Machine: Military Recruiters Must Be Confronted

We must use every means of creative, nonviolent resistance to stop military recruitment across the country.
Posted on May 30, 2008, Source: Truthdig

A Veteran Speaks of the Forgotten Wounded of Iraq

A Vietnam veteran, paralyzed in the war, talks about his own struggles, those that the recently wounded in Iraq face, and how we can break this cycle of violence and begin to move in a different direction.
Posted on May 28, 2007, Source: Truthdig

Born on the Fourth of July: The Long Journey Home

The author shares the inspiration behind his classic antiwar memoir: 'I wanted people to know what it really meant to be in a war--to be shot and wounded, to be fighting for my life on the intensive care ward--not the myth we had grown up believing.'
Posted on Jun 13, 2005, Source: AlterNet