Post-Army Career and Retirement
In retirement, Forrest moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado and plunged into civic affairs, winning election to the city council. As the first executive director of the U.S. Space Foundation, Forrest was a proponent of the Star Wars space defense initiative of the Reagan Administration. He died May 27, 1997 at age 69, following a series of strokes. In 1998, the Forrest Fitness Center at Fort Carson was dedicated and named in his honor. Forrest was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs.
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