Born on the 4th of July, Ron Kovic's view

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Paper 2 Ron Kovic grew up in America believing that he could become anything. His natural abilities could have led him anywhere in life. Even with many options, when it came down to deciding his near future after high school, he decided to join the Marines. He makes this decision in a valiant effort to serve America with honor and loyalty as a hero, a patriotic profession he had discovered while growing up. Unfortunately, his romantic …

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…Ron Kovic joined the Marines. He joined to be an American hero. He wanted to walk down the streets of America bearing his medals on his chest and be spotted by passerbies as a hero like he once had done in high school. Works Cited Kovic, Ron. Born on the Fourth of July. New York: Pocket Books, 1976. The Reader's Digest. Illustrated History of World War II: The World at Arms. New York: The Reader's Digest, 1989.