Veterans associated with Operation Tailwind gather at a hotel reception on the evening of October 22, 2017 - the eve of Gary Michael "Mike" Rose's Medal of Honor ceremony. Rose, a Special Forces medic, was honored decades later for valor during the classified 1970 MACV-SOG operation into Laos. Photographs like this one document the reunions and commemorations that brought aging veterans together to honor their comrades. Project: 219446