If he hadn’t wanted to avoid the Marine Corps so badly, retired Capt. Gary Michael ”Mike” Rose might never have been on the secret 1970 operation that earned him the military’s highest award for valor.
On Sept. 11, 1970, a few minutes into the helicopter ride from his southeastern Vietnam base, then-Spc. Rose knew that they weren’t in Vietnam anymore.
“You get on a helicopter and you fly for 45 minutes, an hour west — when you know by helicopter the border’s only five minutes away — you know you’re in Laos,” Rose told Army Times in an Aug. 28 phone interview. ”It doesn’t take a genius to figure that out.”
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2 comments:
Disgraceful that Jake Day uses a desk jockey reserve training exercise to draw attention to himself when this man put his life on the line repeatedly with such bravery, sacrifice and humility . Remember this story when your mayor jakee day is snapping selfies for his Facebook brags. His parents must be beyond embarrassed. I know I am for them
Thank you for your service Mike. We are lucky to have more like you than whining football players down on their knee.
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