I thought I was going back to Vietnam, but instead, they decided the best way for me to fight the Communists was to play Ping-Pong.
10 seconds sound clip from the Forrest Gump (1994) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:13:46 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- I got it just by doing what you told me to do.
- And just like that, she was gone, out of my life again.
- That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
- Somebody said world peace was in our hands, but all I did was play Ping-Pong.
- When I got home, I was a national celebrity. Famouser even than Captain Kangaroo.
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