Veterans and dignitaries gather at a reception honoring Captain Gary Michael 'Mike' Rose, awarded the Medal of Honor in October 2017 for his extraordinary heroism as a Special Forces medic during the classified MACV-SOG Operation Tailwind incursion into Laos in 1970. Such gatherings brought together fellow Green Berets, Special Forces Association members, and supporters to celebrate a hero whose valor went formally unrecognized for nearly five decades. Project: 219443