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I was doing a search on Google to see when Ron Kovic had been in Vietnam, and discovered that he had enlisted in the Marines in 1964 and did two tours of duty in Vietnam. I saw the movie "Fourth of July" when it first came out, and I'd like some help from fellow Freepers, to try to ascertain the facts behind his disability. If I recall correctly, the movie portrays him as having been shot in the back and paralyzed. However, I found this on a website about him:"After these experiences, Ron wanted to go home. He began stepping...

US anti-war groups flex their muscle Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles Tuesday October 22, 2002 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk Medea Benjamin has been close to both President Bush and his defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, over the past few weeks. So close, in fact, that she was arrested. Most memorably, Ms Benjamin was one of two women seen directly behind Mr Rumsfeld at last month's congressional hearings on Iraq holding an anti-war placard and later charged with "disruption of Congress". This Saturday, she will help lead what organisers hope will echo in scale the anti-war protests of the Vietnam era three decades...