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Ron Kovic - Ex US Marine and peace activist

04/07/2016 GMT

Born on the Fourth of July

BBC World Service - Witness History, Born on the Fourth of July

Ron Kovic is a former US Marine turned peace activist whose story became a Hollywood film

Ron Kovic is a former US Marine who became a peace activist after being critically injured on the battlefield.  His life story was made into a Hollywood film.

Alan Johnston talks to the former US Marine and peace activist Ron Kovic about two moments that changed his life forever - one on the battlefield, and one at an anti-war protest in Washington. He became famous when his life story was made into a Hollywood film.

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