What happened in Forrest gump when Forrest joins the Vietnam war?

Answer 1

None of the scenes in the movie Forrest Gump was actually filmed in Vietnam. In fact, none of the movie was filmed outside the U.S. The Viet Nam scenes were filmed on Fripp Island, South Carolina.

Answer 2

Gump wasn't a worldly kind of guy. His knowledge of the country, and the conflict going on there was probably limited at best. His only mention of it before he shipped out was that 'it's a whole other country'. Gump would not have been alone. Many of the young men that fought that war could not really understand the reason we were there.

Answer 3

Fripp Island and Hunting Island State Park, off the Beaufort coast of South Carolina

Answer 4

He spoke with a US Army recruiter, and enlisted into the "New Action Army". Which was the official recruiting slogan at the time.

Answer 5

North and South Carolina, Alabama and Louisiana.

Answer 6

He is put into a platoon run commanded Lt. Dan Taylor.

Answer 7

he was shot directly in the buttocks

Answer 8

Shortly after 1963.