Born on July 4th, Plot introduction: Ron Kovic liked to rush and kill in the woods with his friends when he was young. He dreamed of becoming a real man one day. On July 4, 1956, Lang, who was on his 10th birthday, watched the Independence Day parade on his father's shoulders, which made him very excited. Once, Lang's girlfriend, Donna, gave him a baseball cap. Lang won the game with a confident smile on his face. As Lang grew up, he admired and yearned for the president's speech full of war fanaticism. An impulse to challenge and sacrifice emerged in his heart. In an interstate wrestling match, Lang was thrown down and tears burst into his eyes when he was so strong. After that, Lang decided to give up the opportunity to go to college to join the army and fight. In the pain of conflict, he rushed to the middle school gymnasium in the rain to bid farewell to his lover Donna. Lang came to the Vietnam battlefield and witnessed the shooting of Vietnamese civilians by the US military. He desperately rushed into the house to rescue the injured women and babies. In a melee, he accidentally killed his friend Wilson, but the lieutenant colonel told the painful Lang that this was "each has his destiny." After that, Lang was shot and wounded and was taken to a veterans hospital. He was told that he was paralyzed from the waist down and would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. In 1969, Lang returned to his hometown. Some people regarded him as a patriotic hero, while others dismissed him. This made him sad and heartbroken. However, Lang in a wheelchair still insisted on his faith in the United States to war. On the university campus where the anti-war movement started, Lang and Donna met again. The shocked and distressed Donna decided that the war was wrong and must be stopped. The incapacitated Lang loves Donna in his heart. He recalls the past with infinite sadness. After a bar conflict, Lang finally realized the cruel reality behind the war lie. Soon, he was sent to the Mexican military convalescent center for recuperation. In the dim brothel, the prostitute Elena's gentle and considerate made Lang feel mixed, tears flowed down his face, and his mood slightly cheered up. However, the nightmare of the Vietnam War still surfaced in his mind from time to time. In order to redeem his sins, he went to pay tribute to Wilson's tombstone. In order to stop the war and massacre, Lang finally awakened and joined the anti-war movement. In 1972, when a Republican party was held in Miami Beach, Lang and some veterans entered the venue. He publicly issued an anti-war declaration and was driven out of the venue by the secret police. But Lang, who has gained widespread support, unyieldingly shook his wheelchair, directed the public, and rushed forward... Four years later, when the Democratic National Convention was held in New York, Lang firmly and excitedly boarded the speaker, and he recalled the past. Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Lang stretched out his left hand and made a V-shaped gesture for victory...
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