Retired Captain Gary Michael 'Mike' Rose poses with family at the White House on October 23, 2017, following the ceremony in which he was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism as a Special Forces medic during Operation Tailwind, a 1970 MACV-SOG mission into Laos. Rose treated the wounded under intense enemy fire for four days despite his own injuries, an act of valor recognized 47 years after the operation. Project: 219443