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Burke and Herbert vice president Walter Clarke, center, poses for a red carpet photo with colleague Victoria Kilcullen and quadruple amputee Travis Mills during the GI Film Festival's Salute to Hollywood Patriots night May 23 at the Old Town Theatre. The documentary “Travis: A Soldier's Story” premiered during the festival and details Mills' story as one of only five quadruple amputees to survive their injuries from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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A Hero's Welcome

Quadruple amputee defies the odds.

In the weeks leading up to the 2014 GI Film Festival, the buzz was all about actor and veterans advocate Gary Sinise appearing at the May 23 Salute to Hollywood Patriots night at the Old Town Theatre. But by the end of the evening, it was Army Staff Sergeant and quadruple amputee Travis Mills that left everyone starstruck.

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