It was “Forrest Gump” - and the success of the 1994 movie starring Tom Hanks in the iconic role of Gump, as well as Sally Field and Gary Sinise - that earned him widespread fame and some financial success. One, “Conversations with the Enemy,” about a American prisoner of war in Vietnam accused of collaboration, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, according to the university. He wrote 16 books, fiction and nonfiction. His service included a tour in Vietnam - one of the settings for “Forrest Gump.” Groom served in the Army’s Fourth Infantry Division from 1965 to 1969, the university said. It was the best known book by Groom, who grew up in Mobile, Alabama, and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1965, according to a biography posted by the university.
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