Retired U.S. Army Captain Gary M. Rose poses with his family beneath a rendering of the Medal of Honor flag in the White House East Room, October 23, 2017. Rose received the nation's highest military honor for his extraordinary heroism as a Special Forces medic during the classified MACV-SOG Operation Tailwind, a four-day incursion into Laos in September 1970 to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Project: 219443