Retired U.S. Army Captain Gary Michael Rose stands with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the White House on October 23, 2017, after receiving the Medal of Honor. Rose was recognized nearly five decades later for extraordinary heroism during Operation Tailwind, a classified 1970 MACV-SOG mission into Laos in which he repeatedly risked his life to treat and evacuate wounded teammates under sustained enemy fire. Project: 219443