Retired U.S. Army Special Forces Captain Gary M. Rose at the White House on October 23, 2017, the day he received the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism as a Special Forces medic during MACV-SOG's Operation Tailwind in Laos, September 1970. Rose treated wounded soldiers under fire for four days despite his own injuries, helping ensure the survival of his unit during one of the war's most harrowing covert operations. Project: 219443