However, we don’t know too much of what he’s done in Vietnam other than he’s probably been “in-country” for a while when we meet him. Dan’s family members fighting and dying in previous wars. (Image from Paramount Pictures’ Forrest Gump)ģ. Dan Taylor informs Forrest and Bubba of a few of the “what-nots” to surviving in Vietnam. Dan knows his sh*t, plus, he told them to take care of their feet, which is huge in the infantry and often left out of movies. We’ve seen many films where enlisted troops salute an officer in a war zone, and they don’t get briefed on why they shouldn’t do that. To other veterans, this is an excellent detail. He quickly corrects their saluting and just as quickly explains why. Dan as Forrest and Bubba wrongfully salute him in the field. Dan should have gotten his own freakin’ sequel.

Related: 8 life lessons from ‘Major Payne’ Dan” overcome his demons and succeed at life, but we only catch a glimpse of it.Īlthough the movie does feature his character arch, seeing his unique journey, start to finish, would have been awesome. Out of all the outstanding characters the film showcases, outside of Forrest, many moviegoers wanted to see “Lt.

Directed by legendary filmmaker, Robert Zemeckis, the film chronicles the fictional life of a man who lacks social intelligence but makes up for it with an incredible amount of heart. Although the perfect movie doesn’t exist, 1994’s Forrest Gump gets pretty damn close.