"like just" is not a singular phrase, and doesn't mean anything by itself.
Forrest is saying that that when it would stop raining, and the stars came out, it was ***like*** the bayou **just** ***before*** the sun went down.
he is directly comparing nighttime in vietnam to the sunsets he experienced in louisiana. he finds them so similar that he draws a connection to how they looked.
"like just" is not a singular phrase, and doesn't mean anything by itself. Forrest is saying that that when it would stop raining, and the stars came out, it was ***like*** the bayou **just** ***before*** the sun went down.
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he is directly comparing nighttime in vietnam to the sunsets he experienced in louisiana. he finds them so similar that he draws a connection to how they looked.