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Serving the 101st Airborne Division
This week's Patch Portraits also features a former SNL and MTV employee who's pursuing her passion at the Wilmette Theatre.
This week's Patch Portraits also features a Wilmette mother who's turned her experience in stand-up comedy, MTV and SNL into a stage of her own.
Don Nilles, who joined the Army at the age of 17, served in the 101st Airborne Division unit during the Vietnam War. He would later join the Special Forces and become a Green Beret.
Almost four decades later, Adrian Bucur, now 28, becomes an officer in the United States Army, also serving in the 101st Airborne Division. During a ceremony honoring Bucur's accomplishment on becoming an officer, he asked Nilles to give him his first salute.
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The two soldiers talk about their expereinces in the military and what it means to serve in the 101st Airborne Division, also known as the Screaming Eagles.
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