Guests gather at a reception honoring Captain Gary M. 'Mike' Rose, awarded the Medal of Honor on October 23, 2017, for extraordinary heroism as a Special Forces medic during the 1970 covert MACV-SOG mission Operation Tailwind. Decades after the classified operation was declassified, Rose's actions saving wounded comrades under fire in Laos were finally recognized with the nation's highest military honor. Project: 219443