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Forrest Gump Producers Hid 25 Things From Fans

25. The Award

When Forrest meets Lyndon B. Johnson to collect His Own Medal of Honor the image from the scene Is Really Just One from the Medal of Honor ceremony held for Sammy L. Davis. The American soldier and author was awarded the medal on November 19, 1968 because of his role in Vietnam a year before. Tom Hanks’s head was superimposed on Davis’ body to the scene.