U.S. Army Captain Gary M. Rose was awarded the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, October 23, 2017. Rose, a Special Forces combat medic during the Vietnam War, treated more than 60 of his fellow soldiers during Operation Tailwind, a four day mission in the nearby country of Laos.
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