:16:11
I guess Lieutenant Dan figured
:16:12
there's some things
you just can't change.
:16:15
He didn't want
to be called crippled
:16:18
just like I didn't
want to be called stupid.
:16:25
Happy new year, Gump.
:16:32
The U.S. Ping-Pong team
:16:34
met with President Nixon today...
:16:35
Wouldn't you know it?
:16:37
A few months later,
:16:38
they invited me
and the Ping-Pong team
:16:41
to visit the White House.
:16:43
So I went...
:16:44
again.
:16:45
And I met the president
of the United States again.
:16:49
Only this time,
they didn't get us rooms
:16:52
in a real fancy hotel.
:16:53
Are you enjoying yourself
:16:55
in our nation's capital,
young man ?
:16:57
where are you staying?
:16:58
It's called the Hotel Ebbott.
:16:59
Oh, no, no, no.
I know a much nicer hotel.
:17:02
It's brand-new. Verymodern.
:17:04
I'll have my people
take care of it.
:17:06
Security .
:17:08
Yeah. Sir,
:17:09
you might want to send
a maintenance man
:17:12
over to that office
across the way .
:17:14
The lights are off
:17:16
and they must be looking
for a fuse box ,
:17:19
'cause them flashlights,
they're keeping me awake .
:17:22
O.K., sir.
I'll check it out.
:17:23
Thankyou. Good night.
:17:28
Therefore...
:17:29
I shall resign the presidency
:17:31
effective at noon tomorrow.
:17:33
Vice President Ford
:17:35
will be sworn in as president
:17:37
at that hour in this office.
:17:51
Forrest Gump.
:17:52
Yes, sir!
:17:54
As you were .
:17:55
I have your discharge papers .
:17:57
Service is up, son.