20 Things You Somehow Missed In Forrest Gump

11. The Meaning Of The Writing On Forrest's Helmet

Forrest Gump Tom Hanks
Paramount

While Bubba's helmet at least has a legible message clearly written on it, Forrest's helmet scrawl is a little tougher to decipher, but fear not.

His helmet has "G(NMI)F 2/47" penned on the side, which translates to "Gump, no middle initial, Forrest," to identify his name, with 2/47 referring to "2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment."

Though this might seem like an Easter egg-y code hidden in the movie by a member of the production team, it's really nothing more than a pretty basic means of identification for Forrest and his helmet.

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