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Finally tonight here, america strong. and finally tonight here, america strong. the vietnam vet receiving the nation's highest honor. his courage under fire, a harrowing battle kept secret for decades. here's david wright. >> reporter: gary michael rose enlisted as a combat medic in vietnam. at age 22, on a secret mission behind enemy lines, his unit came under attack. he was the only medic for more than 100 men. so, for four days in the jungle, he treated his comrades, even though he was injured, too. when the choppers finally extracted them, his got shot down. all 16 soldiers onboard from ...

Himself to intense fire as he moved from casualty to casualty. a b-40 rocket impacted meters from sergeant rose. knocking him from his feet and injuring his head, hand and foot. ignoring his wounds, sergeant rose struggled to his feet and continued to render aid to the other soldiers. sergeant rose exposed himself to enemy fire as he attempted to hoist wounded personnel up to the hovering hem continuer which was unable to land due to the terrain. the medevac was aborted and the helicopter crashed due to the fire sustained. sergeant rose continued to expose himself to fire to treat the wounded....

Sergeant rose continously exposed himself to intense fire as he fearlessly moved from casualty to casualty administering life-saving aide. a b-40 rocket impacted meters from sergeant rose knocking him from his feet and injuring his head, hand and foot, ignoring his wounds sergeant rose struggled to his feet and continued to render aid to the other injured soldiers. during an attempted medevac sergeant rose exposed himself to enemy fire as he attempted to hoist wounded personnel up to the hovering helicopter who was unable to land due to unsuitable terrain. the medevac'd mission was aborted due...

Wounded personnel on the first stretch of helicopters returned to the outer perimeter in enemy fire carrying kashlt tees and wounded personnel into more secure positions until they could be evacuated and he helped propel the enemy during the final extraction helicopter had arrived. as the final helicopter was loaded the enemy began to overrun the company's position and the helicopter's marine door gunner was shot in the neck. sergeant rose administered critical treatment onboard the helicopter saving the marine's life. the helicopter carrying sergeant rose crashed several hundred meters from t...

Distinguished himself by acts of gallantry while serving as a special forces medic with a company-sized exploitation force, special augmentation, command and central, special forces group, airborne, first special forces republican of vietnam. between 11 and 14 september 1970, sergeant rose's company was continually engaged by a well-armed and superior hostile force deep in enemy controlled territory. b-40 rockets and mortar rounds sprayed down while the enemy sprayed the area. sergeant rose braving the hail of bullets sprinted 50 meters to a wounded soldier's side. he used his own body to prot...