This photograph captures the crowd gathered in the White House East Room on October 23, 2017, for the Medal of Honor ceremony honoring retired Captain Gary Michael 'Mike' Rose. A Special Forces medic, Rose was recognized for his extraordinary heroism during the September 1970 MACV-SOG Operation Tailwind in Laos -- an operation supported by U.S. Air Force A-1 Skyraider 'Sandy' pilots. Forty-seven years after his actions, this ceremony brought long-overdue national recognition to Rose and reconnected the broader Operation Tailwind veteran community. Project: 219446