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Forrest is born and named after Nathan Bedford Forrest the founder of the KKK
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Forrest plays football for the University of Alabama
The head coach was Paul Williams "Bear" Bryant. He got his nick name "Bear from agreeing to wrestle a bear in a cage -
All- american team meets JFK
The All-American team goes to meet President JFK. Forrest drink 15 Dr. Peppers, when everyone is shaking hands with JFK he asks "hows it feel to be an american?" Forrest replies with "I have to pee" -
Forrest fights in Vietnam.
After Forrest Graduated from college a recruiter came up to him and asked him if he ever considered a future in the military. -
Forrest speaks at a hippie gathering
Forrest is taking a picture of one buildings in Washington when a bus of Veterans/ Hippies mistake him as one of their own. He is taken to a stage to talk to a giant crowd of hippies about the war. A cop unplugs all the cords for the speakers and Forrest keeps talking. -
First U.S moon landing
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Forrest goes to china to play Ping Pong for America (Jan,21 - 28)
While Forrest was in the army barracks someone introduces him to ping pong. Turns out hes really good. So he goes to China to represent the US in a Ping Ping match. -
Watergate Breaking
Nixon got Forrest a hotel room near the Watergate building. One night Forrest heard noises coming from the Watergate building and called the police. -
Hurricane Carmen
Forrest was out on his shrimp boat with lieutenant Dan when Hurricane Carmen hit. It destroyed every ship but theirs.
