the president of the united states. officially retired captain gary mike rose, his friends call him mike, was never in laos at the height of the vietnam war. rose is captain rose is 69 years old. he served as a medic in the military assistant command studies and observations group, which was an elite division of the special forces and is. it was so secret at the time for more than four decades he never spoke about it to one person on earth. for four decades. not even the people with whom he served. so this will be the first time that the people with whom he s served have gotten together since that day. it has not been a secret anymore for a few years. but for four decades he never spoke of this. imagine. those that served with him never forgot the bravery called operation tailwind in the land
receives the medal of honor in this ceremony with president trump at the white house. it s an extraordinary life experience. with history as our guide, the president will give us some of his back story, quite possibly many details of his life, his military experience and otherwise about which we have no knowledge, and normally there s a reading and a medal ceremony and then afterwards, a gathering of people near and dear and former colleagues and the rest. as john put it so eloquently, such an extraordinary american ceremony. quoting here, the actions this is from lieutenant colonel eugene mccarlie. he calls him mike. in the quote he says the actions that mike performed in that operation, you can t imagine it. he was in charge of the unit. we were going into the area that u.s. forces had not been in.