FORREST (V.O.). I ran and ran, just like Jenny told

I ran and ran, just like Jenny told

me to.

Rockets explode in the jungle as Forrest runs out toward a

clearing.

FORREST (V.O.)

I ran so far and so fast that pretty

soon I was all by myself, which was

a bad thing.

FORREST

Bubba!

Forrest turns around, then runs back into the jungle.

FORREST (V.O.)

Bubba was my best good friend. I had

to make sure he was okay.

Rockets explode in the jungle. Forrest runs back into the

jungle to look for Bubba.

ST SOLDIER

Any friendlies out there?

ND SOLDIER

Yeah, I've got three over there.

ST SOLDIER

Where the hell are you?

Forrest stops and aims his weapon. He looks around, scared.

FORREST

Bubba?

Something moves. Forrest turns and looks, then rushes over.

FORREST (V.O.)

And on my way back to find Bubba,

well, there was this boy laying on

the ground.

FORREST

Tex!

Tex lies on the ground, his face distorted with pain.

FORREST

Okay.

Forrest reaches down and picks up Tex from the ground. Forrest

pulls Tex up over his shoulder, then runs.

FORREST (V.O.)

I couldn't just let him lay there

all alone, scared the way he was, so

I grabbed him up and run him out of

there.

Forrest carries Tex out of the jungle and into the clearing.

He sets Tex down on the bank of a river, and runs back into

the jungle.

FORREST (V.O.)

And every time I went back looking

for Bubba, somebody else was saying,

" Help me, Forrest. Help me."

Forrest drops another wounded soldier down at the bank of

the river next to Tex, and then runs back toward the jungle.

Forrest grabs the third wounded soldier up from the ground

and turns him over. It is DALLAS.

DALLAS

Can't hear... Can't hear...

Dallas is dropped off at the bank next to the other wounded

soldiers. Forrest turns to go back to the jungle.

ND WOUNDED SOLDIER

No sweat, man. Just lay back. You're

gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay.

FORREST (V.O.)

I started to get scared that I might

never find Bubba.

STRONGARM

(over radio)

You're danger close for crack air,

over.

Forrest trips over something and falls to the ground. He

looks up to find two bloody legs. It is Lt. Dan, who is

wounded. He speaks into the radio.

LT. DAN

(into radio)

Roger, Strongarm, I know my position

is danger close! We got Charlie all

over this area! I gotta have those

fast movers in here now! Over!

STRONGARM

(over radio)

Six, Strongarm, we want...

FORREST

Lieutenant Dan, Coleman's dead!

LT. DAN

I know he's dead! My whole goddamned

platoon is wiped out!

STRONGARM

(over radio)

Leg Lima 6, Leg Lima 6, how copy you

this transmission? Over.

Forrest tries to pick up Lt. Dan, who tries to push Forrest

away.