I figured out too (finally) ...
I found a similar link in gmails forums that pointed me in the right direction:
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!searchin/gmail/forward$20email$20app/gmail/ZlbN75HeCyI/_iQa19yRFEgJ
To summarize:
At the bottom of an open message you should see three icons - left to right they are:
Reply (curved arrow pointing to the left),
Reply to All (double curved arrow pointing left) and
Forward (straight arrow pointing right).
The arrow icon (->) is the Gmail standard for forwarding.