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Listen: The Latin ProgramRon Kovic and Vietnam Veteran protestors at the 1972 Republican National Convention - Miami, Florida.
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Photographer
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Political activists
Social movements
Protest movements
Anti-war demonstrations
Congresses and Conventions--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
People with disabilities
Paralytics
Paraplegics
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
Born on the Fourth of July (Motion picture)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans
Personal Subjects
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Physical Description
General Note
This image taken during the 1972 Republican National Convention.
Born on 7/4/1946 Ron Kovic was paralyzed in 1968 while serving his country in the Vietnam War. He is best known as the author of the memoir "Born on the Fourth of July", which was made into an Academy Award-winning movie directed by Oliver Stone, with actor Tom Cruise playing Kovic.
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