Ron Kovic

Social : None | Joined group September 1964 (Joined the Marines) | Health : None | Violent trauma 20 January 1968 (Shot in neck, paralyzed) | Social : None | Begin a program of study 1969 (Enrolled in college) | Social : None | Great Publicity August 1972 (Speech at Republican Natn'l Convention) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1976 (Book released) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 15 July 1976 (Spoke at the Democratic Ntn'l Convention) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Legs (Heel of foot blown off) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Paralysis (From chest down) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Accident/Injury (Shot in neck) | Diagnoses : Psychological | Depression | Family : Childhood | Order of birth (First of six) | Lifestyle : Social Life | Hobbies, games (Painting, playing piano) | Lifestyle : Social Life | Outdoors (Gardening) | Vocation : Military | Combat (Vietnam War) | Vocation : Military | Honors (Purple Heart) | Vocation : Military | Military service (Marines) | Vocation : Military | Wounded (Neck, paralyzed) | Vocation : Writers | Fiction (One noted novel)