Advance Rate. The percentage of the value of collateral that a lender uses to determine the amount of a loan. For example, if one pledges a collateral worth $10,000, and the advance rate is 90%, the lender will only extend $9000 in credit. This may protect the lender from risks, such as depreciation on the collateral.
The Vietnam War Through the Eyes of a Child. In Winston Groom's Forrest Gump, the main character, Forrest Gump is involved in the Vietnam War. In the novel, he is mentally challenged and he sees everything somewhat differently then another individual might.
That should've been the light cruiser USS Oklahoma City firing from the gunline in Vietnam, and not the USS Salt Lake City (which was a WWII heavy cruiser)by the way. Former army LT Winston Groom wrote Forrest Gump. He served in the unit depicted in Gump's movie, Company A, 2/47th Inf, 3rd Bde, 9th ID in South Vietnam.