FORREST (V.O.). Bubba was my best good friend

Bubba was my best good friend. And

even I know that ain't something you

can find just around the corner.

Bubba was gonna be a shrimpin' boat

captain, but instead he died right

there by that river in Vietnam.

The helicopter fly overhead.

BUS STATION - DAY

Forrest continues with his life story. A MAN is sitting next

to Forrest on the bus bench.

FORREST

That's all I have to say about that.

MAN

It was a bullet, wasn't it?

FORREST

A bullet?

MAN

That jumped up and bit you.

FORREST

Oh, yes sir. Bit me directly in the

buttocks. They said it was a million

dollar wound, but the Army must keep

that money, 'cause I still ain't

seen a nickel of that million dollars.

The only good thing about being

wounded in the buttocks...

FLASHBACK - INT. US. ARMY HOSPITAL/VIETNAM - DAY

Forrest holds two ice cream cones in his hands as he is

wheeled on a rolling stretcher.

FORREST (V.O.)

...is the ice cream. They gave me

all the ice cream I could eat. And

guess what. A good friend of mine

was in the bed right next door.

Forrest, lying on his stomach, is wheeled to his bed.

Forrest's butt sticks up and is bandaged. Forrest looks at

Lt. Dan lying on the bed. Forrest holds out an ice cream

cone for Lt. Dan.

FORREST

Lieutenant Dan, I got you some ice

cream. Lieutenant Dan, ice cream.

Lt. Dan, annoyed, takes the ice cream cone and drops it into

his bed pan. Forrest slides himself onto his bed. A NURSE

reaches toward Lt. Dan.

MALE NURSE

It's time for your bath, Lieutenant.

The male nurse places Lt. Dan's hands on a pull-up bar, then

picks up Lt. Dan, whose legs have been amputated.

MALE NURSE

Harper...

Another nurse wheels the rolling bed under Lt. Dan. The male

nurse sets Lt. Dan down on the rolling bed. Forrest looks up

at Lt. Dan as he is wheeled away. A soldier reads the names

from a pile of letters.

SOLDIER

Cooper, Larson, Webster, Gump, Gump...

FORREST

I'm Forrest Gump.

The soldier hands Forrest a large pile of letters.

" Undeliverable as addressed. No forwarding order on file."

Jenny Curran Rural Route 2 Greenbow, Ala. 39902 Forrest looks

down at the pile of letters.

INT. ARMY HOSPITAL/VIETNAM - DAY

A group of wounded soldiers hang out in the hospital,

recuperating. Forrest sits and watches " Gomer Pyle" on the

television.

SOLDIER

Gump, how can you watch that stupid

shit? Turn it off!

ANNOUNCER

From the D.M.Z. to the Delta, you

are tuned to the American Forces

Vietnam Network. This is Channel 6,

Saigon.

Forrest turns the TV off and he is hit on the back of the

head by a ping-pong ball.

SOLDIER

Good catch, Gump. You know how to

play this?

Forrest shakes his head.