‘Born on the 4th of July,’ Ron Kovic’s Searing Vietnam Memoir Turns 40

Born on the Fourth of July, Ron Kovic’s account of his time in Vietnam, is out in a new edition. Listen to Bruce Springsteen’s new foreword and read Kovic’s introduction.

Ron Kovic

Bruce Springsteen

Published Jul. 4 2016 12:15AM EDT 

Ron Kovic

Bruce Springsteen

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