Today’s Star Spangled Salute honors Veteran Wayne Bormann.  Wayne was part of a special unit that tested choppers in warfare, the goal was to see if they could fight the Vietnam war with helicopters.  Wayne said he joined the Airborne to be around airplanes and he was, and he started jumping out of them.  He was part of the first combat unit into Vietnam, saying it took three aircraft carriers and four troop ships to get them and all their equipment to Vietnam.  Wayne said he was shot down once and had malaria five times while there. At one point he was told his platoon has been wiped out and he never got over that loss, but in the early 2000’s he learned from a surprise phone call, they had survived.  He has hosted them for a reunion once before and is now looking to raise money to host them again, as a way to say thank you.  Thank you Wayne for keeping the past alive and THANK YOU for your service.

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