6 Facts About Ron Kovic

1. On January 20, 2008 Ron Kovic commemorated the fortieth anniversary of being paralyzed by shots in the Vietnam War.

2. In 1974, Ron Kovic took a disabled wheelchair group, Veterans of Vietnam, to a 17-day hunger strike inside the office of Senator Alan Cranston in Los Angeles.

3. In 1964 Ron Kovic joined the Marines and was sent to fight in the Vietnam War.

4. On January 20, 2008, Ron Kovic observed his 40th anniversary of having been shot and paralyzed in the Vietnam War.

5. In 1974, Ron Kovic led a group of disabled Vietnam War veterans in wheelchairs on a 17-day hunger strike inside the Los Angeles office of Senator Alan Cranston.

6. In high school, Ron Kovic was a wrestler and pole vaulter, and hoped to be a major league baseball player after graduation.