Gary Sinise & Lt. Dan Band performs at NAS Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Naval Air Station Jacksonville hosted Lt. Dan Band for a free live performance Saturday night time.

The band is known as after Gary Sinise’s character Lieutenant Dan Taylor within the film “Forrest Gump”.

Sinise and Kimo Williams based the band in 2004 to entertain army troops world wide via USO excursions and lift cash for veterans with disabilities.

Sinise instructed News4JAX that the efficiency is private to him.

“Years in the past, I ended up changing into mates and assembly numerous Vietnam veterans within the Chicago space. After which my spouse’s household, she has brothers who served in Vietnam. I’m simply beginning to grow to be conscious of what it was like for them. to go to conflict after which come residence to a divided nation and really feel pushed apart, “he stated.” Our Vietnam veterans, they only didn’t get the assist they wanted once they got here residence from conflict, and that I felt very dangerous about it, so I began supporting them, after which I performed the Vietnam veteran in ‘Forrest Gump,’ and it began me working with our wounded, after which it occurred on September eleventh, and I felt, that I used to be bored with doing one thing extra significant and extra energetic, so I reached out to USO. “

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Saturday’s live performance in Dewey’s car parking zone was open to these with base entry. The opening act started at 6 p.m.