A letter from Ron Kovic to young veterans and GIs...

"Those of us lucky enough to have survived combat yearn for life now, for beauty, for all that is decent and good, for in war we saw the worst in the human being. We saw poverty and death, killing and savagery, the darkest sides of the human soul, the most hated parts of our humanity." -Ron Kovic, author of 'Born on the 4th of July", read the article: here