FORREST. You think I can fly off this bridge?

Yes, I do.

JENNY

You think I can fly off this bridge?

FORREST

What do you mean, Jenny?

JENNY

Nothing.

Jenny turns and looks at the light of an approaching vehicle.

She steps into the street.

JENNY

I gotta get outta here.

Jenny runs and flags down the approaching vehicle.

FORREST

But wait. Jenny!

JENNY

Forrest, you stay away from me, okay?

You just stay away from me, please.

A pickup truck pulls over as Jenny looks at the driver.

JENNY

Can I have a ride?

DRIVER

Where you going?

JENNY

I don't care.

DRIVER

Get in the truck.

FORREST

So bye-bye, Jenny. They sendin' me

to Vietnam. It's this whole other

country.

Jenny walks toward Forrest. She looks at the driver.

JENNY

Just hang on a minute.

Jenny walks up to Forrest.

JENNY

Listen, you promise me something,

okay? Just if you're ever in trouble,

don't try to be brave, you just run,

okay? Just run away.

FORREST

Okay. Jenny, I'll write you all the

time.

Jenny takes a last look at Forrest, then climbs into the

truck. Forrest watches Jenny in the pickup as it drives away.

FORREST (V.O.)

And just like that.

EXT. GREENBOW/GUMP BOARDING HOUSE/RIVER - DAY

Forrest, dressed in his uniform, sits on a log and looks out

at a river.

FORREST (V.O.)

...she was gone.

Mrs. Gump walks toward Forrest and sits down next to him on

the log. Forrest leans down, placing his head on his mother's

shoulder.

MRS. GUMP

You come back safe to me, do ya hear?

EXT. VIETNAM/MEKONG DELTA - MORNING (1967)

The shadow of a helicopter over the rice field below. A

soldier is manning a gun from inside the helicopter. The

solider looks left, Forrest and Bubba ride in the helicopter.

EXT. FIREBASE/4TH PLATOON

The helicopter circles overhead, then lands at the firebase.

SONG

" Some folks are born made to wave

the flag. Ooh, they're red, white

and blue. And when the band plays

" Hail to the Chief, " ohh, they point

the cannon at you all. It ain't me.

It ain't me. I ain't no Senator's

son, no. It ain't me. It ain't me..."

Bubba and Forrest jump out of the helicopter with their gear/

They walk and look around oddly.

FORREST (V.O.)

Now, they told us that Vietnam was

gonna be very different from the

United Sates of America.

The soldier places a case of beer on a large stack of cases.

He takes two beers out and walks away. In the background,

soldiers are barbecuing steaks and drinking beer.

FORREST (V.O.)

Except for all the beer cans and the

barbecue, it was.

BUBBA

Y'know, I bet there's shrimp all in

these waters. They tell me these

Vietnams is good shrimp. You know,

after we win this war, and we take

over everything we can get American

shrimpers to come on here and shrimp

these waters. We'll just shrimp all

the time, man. So much shrimp, why,

you wouldn't believe it.

Lieutenant DAN TAYLOR steps out of a tent. Shirtless, he

holds a roll of toilet paper in his hand.