Forrest Gump Rerun

I was just watching a rerun of Forrest Gump and reminded of how several things in the Vietnam scenes were based on reality. One of them is the fact that while Tom Hanks was shown receiving the Medal of Honor from President Johnson, it was actually footage of Sammy Davis.

UPDATE

I interviewed Sammy a couple of years ago and he talked about what it was like when he came home. Sammy earned the Medal of Honor and was wounded. He is one of the stories of mistreatment many Vietnam veterans received. In this video as he talks about being beaten, the citation is being read.