Green Beret to accept Medal of Honor for all who served in Laos

By Chris Eger

Gary “Mike” Rose, the Army medic who will receive the Medal of Honor, Oct. 23, for his heroic actions in Laos back in Sept. 1970. (Photo U.S. Army)
An Army Special Forces medic who shrugged off his own wounds to save those around him during Operation Tailwind in 1970 will accept the Medal of Honor from President Trump later this month.
Gary Michael Rose, 69, is scheduled to receive the nation’s highest military honor for conspicuous gallantry during the Vietnam War on Oct. 23 in a ceremony at the White House. Rose will receive the decoration for his actions over a four-day period in September 1970 when his Special Forces team encountered enemy forces deep behind the lines in Laos.
According to the Army, Rose was part of a small force composed of Americans, South Vietnamese allies and Montagnards inserted 70 kilometers into enemy territory, where they came in contact with a company-sized unit of North Vietnamese Army. The enemy force later ballooned to over 500.
Amazingly, despite numerous wounds of his own, Rose attended 60-70 wounded comrades, at one point crawling back to his downed helicopter– what had been the final evacuation flight out of the area– to pull wounded and unconscious teammates

Source: Guns.com