Forrest Gump Page #16

FORREST (V.O.)

So we did.

Lt. Dan motions for the lead soldier to get down. Lt. Dan

crouches down. Lt. Dan looks at the soldiers and points to

his eyes. He lies down on the dirt road and crawls.

FORREST (V.O.)

Now, I don't know much about anything,

but I think some of American's best

young men served in this war. There

was Dallas, from Phoenix. Cleveland,

he was from Detroit.

CLEVELAND:

Hey, Tex. Hey, Tex. Man, what the

hell's going on?

Tex holds up his hand, motioning that he doesn't know.

FORREST (V.O.)

And Tex was, well, I don't remember

where Tex come from.

LT. DAN

Ah, nothin'. Fourth Platoon, on your

feet! Still got ten clicks to go to

that river.

Forrest stands up and begins to walk with the platoon.

LT. DAN

All right, move out! Comin' out.

Look alive out there.

FORREST (V.O.)

The good thing about Vietnam is there

was always someplace to go.

LT. DAN (V.O.)

Fire in the hole!

EXT. VIETNAM/VIET CONG FOXHOLE - ANOTHER DAY

Lt. Dan walks away as Forrest rushes over, aims two pistols

in the hole, then climbs inside.

FORREST (V.O.)

And there was always something to

do.

LT. DAN

Mount 'em up.

SGT. SIMS

Spread out! Cover his back.

ANOTHER DAY - The platoon walks through a rice paddy, waits

deep in water. It begins to rain.

FORREST (V.O.)

One day it started raining, and it

didn't quit for four months.

EXT. JUNGLE

The rain pours down on Forrest and Bubba as they sit in a

foxhole.

FORREST (V.O.)

We been through every kind of rain

there is. Little bitty stingin'

rain...

ANOTHER DAY - The platoon walks through the jungle as rain

pours down on them.

FORREST (V.O.)

...and big ol' fat rain.

ANOTHER DAY - The platoon shelters themselves as they walk

through the wind and rain.

FORREST (V.O.)

Rain that flew in sideways.

ANOTHER DAY - Forrest and other soldiers walk chest-deep

through a river. The rain splatters back up from the river,

hitting the soldiers. Forrest holds his hand up to protect

his face.

FORREST (V.O.)

And sometimes rain even seemed to

come straight up from underneath.

EXT. ENCAMPMENT - NIGHT

The rain pours down on the men of the platoon as they sit in

a camp. Bubba sits down next to Forrest.

FORREST (V.O.)

Shoot, it even rained at night.

Bubba leans his back up against Forrest's back.

BUBBA:

Hey Forrest...

FORREST:

Hey Bubba...

BUBBA:

I'm gonna lean up against you, you

just lean right back against me.

BUBBA:

This way, we don't have to sleep

with our heads in the mud. You know

why we a good partnership, Forrest?

'Cause we be watchin' out for one

another. Like brothers and stuff.

Hey, Forrest, there's somethin' I've

been thinkin' about. I got a very

important question to ask you. How

would you like to go into the

shrimpin' business with me?

FORREST:

Okay.

BUBBA:

Man, I tell you what, I got it all

figured out, too. So many pounds of

shrimp to pay off the boat, so many

pounds for gas, we can just live

right on the boat. We ain't got to

pay no rent. I'll be the captain; we

can just work it together. Split

everything right down the middle.

Man, I'm tellin' you, fifty-fifty.

And, hey, Forrest, all the shrimp

you can get.

FORREST:

That's a fine idea.

FORREST (V.O.)

Bubba did have a fine idea.

ANOTHER NIGHT - Some soldiers patrol the area. Forrest lies

in a pup tent and writes a litter as the rain pours down. He

uses his flashlight to see.

FORREST (V.O.)

I even wrote Jenny and told her all

about it. I sent her letters. Not

every day, but almost. I told her

what I was doin' and asked her what

she was doing, and I told her how I

thought about her always.

EXT. JENNY'S GRANDMOTHER'S TRAILER - DAY

Jenny steps out of the trailer with a backpack and a guitar.

She hugs a hippie guy, then jumps into the back of a

Volkswagen bus with another guy.

FORREST (V.O.)

And how I was looking forward to

getting a letter from her just as

soon as she had the time I'd always

let her know that I was okay.

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