Born on the Fourth of July is a great anti-war movie. Ron Kovic returns home paralyzed from the waist down and he has to stay in the Bronx Veterans Administration hospital. The hospital had very little funding with little supplies and machines that were outdated and barely working, and on top of that the workers did not care about the injured veterans. I saw what Kovic and many other men who fought in the Vietnam war experienced and the way they were treated when they returned home. Over 9,000 veterans of the Vietnam war committed suicide withing five years of returning home.Was the war worth all of the lives that it ruined? The government did not care about any of the people fighting in their war, it was a war funded by the rich but fought by the poor.
Raised to love to America Ron Kovic was willing to die for his country, but his view of America completely
changed after serving in the Vietnam War. During his time in the war he took part in killing a group of civilians including children, he accidentally killed his friend, and he was shot and paralyzed from the waist down. It is impossible for any movie to show how intense the Vietnam war truly was, but this movie will give you a good sense. He sacrificed his physical and mental health to fight a war for his country, but when he returned home he learned that there was no pride in that.
This movie showed me that the Vietnam war was a terrible decision. So many lives were wasted fighting to save South Vietnam, but in reality the majority of people residing there did not want our help. It was hard for US soldiers to distinguish the difference between the civilians and the Viet Cong who were very sneaky. Thousands of civilians were killed unintentionally and even intentionally during the war that they did not want. The Vietnam war wasted the lives of millions of people and destroyed the lives of millions more.
Raised to love to America Ron Kovic was willing to die for his country, but his view of America completely
changed after serving in the Vietnam War. During his time in the war he took part in killing a group of civilians including children, he accidentally killed his friend, and he was shot and paralyzed from the waist down. It is impossible for any movie to show how intense the Vietnam war truly was, but this movie will give you a good sense. He sacrificed his physical and mental health to fight a war for his country, but when he returned home he learned that there was no pride in that.
This movie showed me that the Vietnam war was a terrible decision. So many lives were wasted fighting to save South Vietnam, but in reality the majority of people residing there did not want our help. It was hard for US soldiers to distinguish the difference between the civilians and the Viet Cong who were very sneaky. Thousands of civilians were killed unintentionally and even intentionally during the war that they did not want. The Vietnam war wasted the lives of millions of people and destroyed the lives of millions more.
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