Ron Kovic Reflects on Working Toward Peace

In many ways, the Vietnam veterans against the war may have been ahead of our time. We were fighting for a more truthful dialogue. We fought for a new country, and millions of people joined us in that struggle. We who opposed the war were good citizens, just like the Czechs who filled Wenceslas Square.
When a system goes astray, it is the right and obligation of citizens to oppose it and change it-for themselves and for generations to come.

A Note From Photographer Michael Collopy

While covering a press conference in San Francisco, I was impressed by a man in a wheelchair at the back of the room whose questions were more eloquent and insightful than the speaker's presentation. As I was packing up my gear, we struck up a conversation that ended up lasting several hours. It wasn't until late in our captivating talk that I realized that this humble man had written Born on the Fourth of July.

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