Captain Gary 'Mike' Rose, wearing the Medal of Honor he received on October 23, 2017, addresses fellow veterans at a Special Forces Charitable Trust reception. Rose was recognized nearly five decades after his heroism as an Army Special Forces medic during Operation Tailwind, a covert 1970 cross-border mission into Laos conducted by the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam -- Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG). Project: 219447