Medal of Honor recipient Gary M. "Mike" Rose shares a warm moment with a senior military leader following the October 2017 ceremony honoring his heroism during Operation Tailwind. As a Special Forces medic, Rose repeatedly risked his life to treat and evacuate wounded comrades during the September 1970 MACV-SOG incursion into Laos, actions that earned him the nation's highest military honor nearly five decades later. Project: 219444