Guests gather in the White House Cross Hall during the reception surrounding the October 23, 2017 Medal of Honor ceremony for retired U.S. Army Captain Gary M. 'Mike' Rose. Rose, a Special Forces medic, was recognized nearly five decades after his actions during the top-secret 1970 MACV-SOG mission Operation Tailwind, in which he treated dozens of wounded soldiers under fire in Laos despite his own injuries. Project: 219446