I sure hope I don't let him down
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Lieutenant Daniel Taylor:
[introducing Forrest and Bubba to his platoon in Vietnam]
Look, it's pretty basic here: you stick with me and learn from the guys that have been in the country a while you'll be alright. There is an item of GI that can be the difference a live grunt and a dead grunt: socks, cushioned soled OD green, try and keep your feet dry while we're out humping I want you to remember to change your socks whenever we stop, Vietcong will eat a grunt's feet right off his legs, so you boys are from "Arkansas", I've been through there Little Rock is a fine town, now go shed down your gear see the platoon sergeant for what you need in the field if you boys are hungry we got steak burners right over here two standing orders in this platoon , one, take good care of your feet and two try not to do anything stupid, like getting yourself killed Forrest Gump:
I sure hope I don't let him down
[introducing Forrest and Bubba to his platoon in Vietnam]
Look, it's pretty basic here: you stick with me and learn from the guys that have been in the country a while you'll be alright. There is an item of GI that can be the difference a live grunt and a dead grunt: socks, cushioned soled OD green, try and keep your feet dry while we're out humping I want you to remember to change your socks whenever we stop, Vietcong will eat a grunt's feet right off his legs, so you boys are from "Arkansas", I've been through there Little Rock is a fine town, now go shed down your gear see the platoon sergeant for what you need in the field if you boys are hungry we got steak burners right over here two standing orders in this platoon , one, take good care of your feet and two try not to do anything stupid, like getting yourself killed Forrest Gump:
I sure hope I don't let him down
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Look it's pretty basic here
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If you stick with me and learn from the guys
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who've been in country a while you'll be all right
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There is one item of GI gear
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that can be the difference between a live grunt and a dead grunt
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Socks Cushion sole OD green
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Try and keep your feet dry
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When we're out humping I want you boys to remember
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to change your socks whenever we stop
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The Mekong will eat a grunt's feet right off his legs
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Sergeant Sims God damn it
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where is that sling rope I told you to order
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I put in the requisitions at Battalion
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Movie Summary
The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweeth
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Forrest Gump
Lieutenant Dan Taylor
