https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/did-you-know-that-the-movie-forest-gump-was-based-on-a-real-person <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Disneyland Honors &#39;Real&#39; Forrest Gump, MoH Recipient Sammy Lee Davis<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/11/06/disneyland-honors-real-forrest-gump-moh-recipient-sammy-davis.html?ESRC=army-a_151111.nl">http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/11/06/disneyland-honors-real-forrest-gump-moh-recipient-sammy-davis.html?ESRC=army-a_151111.nl</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/028/591/qrc/sammy-lee-davis-804.jpg?1447278825"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/11/06/disneyland-honors-real-forrest-gump-moh-recipient-sammy-davis.html?ESRC=army-a_151111.nl">Disneyland Honors &#39;Real&#39; Forrest Gump, MoH Recipient Sammy Lee Davis</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">He rescued three fellow soldiers and earned the Medal of Honor for his heroic effort in Vietnam.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:55:45 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/did-you-know-that-the-movie-forest-gump-was-based-on-a-real-person <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Disneyland Honors &#39;Real&#39; Forrest Gump, MoH Recipient Sammy Lee Davis<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/11/06/disneyland-honors-real-forrest-gump-moh-recipient-sammy-davis.html?ESRC=army-a_151111.nl">http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/11/06/disneyland-honors-real-forrest-gump-moh-recipient-sammy-davis.html?ESRC=army-a_151111.nl</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/028/591/qrc/sammy-lee-davis-804.jpg?1447278825"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/11/06/disneyland-honors-real-forrest-gump-moh-recipient-sammy-davis.html?ESRC=army-a_151111.nl">Disneyland Honors &#39;Real&#39; Forrest Gump, MoH Recipient Sammy Lee Davis</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">He rescued three fellow soldiers and earned the Medal of Honor for his heroic effort in Vietnam.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> LTC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:55:45 -0500 2015-11-11T16:55:45-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/did-you-know-that-the-movie-forest-gump-was-based-on-a-real-person?n=1102503&urlhash=1102503 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I like how they used HIS footage for the Gump movie award presentation..........minus the butt showing part. MSG Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:00:37 -0500 2015-11-11T17:00:37-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/did-you-know-that-the-movie-forest-gump-was-based-on-a-real-person?n=1103061&urlhash=1103061 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes. SGT Jerrold Pesz Wed, 11 Nov 2015 22:15:49 -0500 2015-11-11T22:15:49-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/did-you-know-that-the-movie-forest-gump-was-based-on-a-real-person?n=1103151&urlhash=1103151 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-67868"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdid-you-know-that-the-movie-forest-gump-was-based-on-a-real-person%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Did+you+know+that+the+movie+Forest+Gump+was+based+on+a+real+person%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdid-you-know-that-the-movie-forest-gump-was-based-on-a-real-person&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADid you know that the movie Forest Gump was based on a real person?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/did-you-know-that-the-movie-forest-gump-was-based-on-a-real-person" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="14204a4e5ca5feae43ad3f4f6f55c07c" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/067/868/for_gallery_v2/bbf0bcd2.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/067/868/large_v3/bbf0bcd2.jpg" alt="Bbf0bcd2" /></a></div></div>Had the honor and privelage of meeting SFC Davis at last years NRA convention in Nashville,TN. Talked to him for about 10 min. Damn nice guy. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:08:20 -0500 2015-11-11T23:08:20-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/did-you-know-that-the-movie-forest-gump-was-based-on-a-real-person?n=1103309&urlhash=1103309 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I never knew that.<br /><br />Is Sammy Lee Davis autistic? Capt Seid Waddell Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:54:49 -0500 2015-11-12T00:54:49-05:00 2015-11-11T16:55:45-05:00