soldiers many times even after he was wounded himself. captain rose credited with saving 50 men over those course of four days. steve: captain gary michael rose joins us right now. captain, good morning to you. ainsley: good morning. good morning, sir, good morning, ma am. steve: it is great to have you. take us back to september 11th, 1970. yes, sir. steve: tell us what happened that day. well, we boarded the ch-53, the marine corps helicopters that were inserting us into laos. and we crossed the border and we crossed a certain line and we started taking ground fire all the way to the landing zone. and even when we had, i believe, as i recall, three men on the ship hit. and as we were offloading, we were stepping over them to get down onto the ground. and immediately, ground
we are honored to be in their presence. this afternoon, i want to take a few moments to share with you the incredible story of mike s heroic deeds. raised in watertown, new york, mike s father was a metal worker and a world war ii veteran. he taught his son that we live in the greatest country in the world and that we must love it, cherish it and always defend it. mike took that very much to heart. after his first year in college, he enlisted in the army and by the time he was 22, mike was a medic for the fifth special forces group in the vietnam war. on september 11th, 1970, mike was called on his second combat