Tom Hanks is the Real-Life Forrest Gump

The folks over at Official Comedy spliced together a few of Hanks' movies, and we get to watch as the actor passes through the most seminal moments in American history. He joins the Army to fight in the Vietnam War. After being discharged, Hanks is accepted into the Apollo program, where disaster strikes in space. Retired, he becomes captain of a cargo ship that happens to be hit by Somalia pirates. Tom Hanks is America. 

[H/T Laughing Squid]