There is a persistent myth or misconception that many Vietnam War veterans were spat on and vilified by antiwar protesters during the late 1960s and early 1970s. These stories, which overwhelmingly su
Ron Kovic and Vietnam veteran protestors at the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami. Kovic says he was spit on by a pro-war Nixon supporter.
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Ronald Lawrence Kovic is an American anti-war activist, author, and United States Marine Corps sergeant who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. His best selling 1976 memoir Born on the Fourt
Myth of the spat-on Vietnam veteran
…about activists spitting on veterans. Perhaps one of the most well known of these spitting incidents was directed at anti-war activist and ex-Marine, Ron Kovic, who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. At the 1972 Republican National Convention he and two other wounded vets shouted "Stop the bombing…
Ron Kovic at an anti-war rally in Los Angeles, California, on October 12, 2007.
Kovic (left) leading other disabled veterans after ending their 17-day hunger strike, March 1974
Kovic at the 62nd Academy Awards, March 26, 1990