While serving as a Marine in the Vietnam War, Ron Kovic suffered a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the chest down. Kovic’s book, Born on the Fourth of July, published 40 years ago, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credits: Universal Pictures Born on the Fourth of July is an epic post-war film that tells the story of anti-war activist Ronald ...

Seeking release from the crushing weight of wartime guilt, an emotionally raw Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise) travels to Georgia to ...

Tom Cruise’s Born on the Fourth of July hits Netflix July 1 as buzz builds for his upcoming film Digger and its bold new ...

As America turns 250, watching Hollywood’s biggest star spend his freshly minted fame on an anti-war film feels less like ...

Born on the Fourth of July author Kovic returns to his traumatic experiences during the Vietnam War for this searing memoir. The first section consists of entries from a previously unpublished diary ...

Ron Kovic comes toward me in his wheelchair before the doors of the elevator close. He reaches for my hand and squeezes hard. “Come on,” he says, and we slip into the third-floor Redondo Beach ...

Three new books track the pain that persists among American soldiers and diplomats in the aftermath of war. Credit...John Gall Supported by By John Knight John Knight has written for The Paris Review, ...

Charlie: Fuck em all. Fuck the whores. Fuck the cab drivers... fuck Mexico. Fuck Nixon, fuck Vietnam, fuck'em all. Ron Kovic: Gotta get back to the villa. Charlie: What do you mean "ok"?! What do you ...