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Dr. Quoc Nguyen on Surviving a Vietnamese Reeducation Camp
(Because COL Scott Gehris, USMC, our original January speaker was unexpectedly required by Headquarters to attend a meeting out of town, we have moved the date to WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2026 and obtained a different speaker. We hope to reschedule COL Gehris to a later date in 2026.)
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Cocktails: 11:30 a.m.
Program: 12:00 noon
Lunch to follow
Philadelphia Club
1301 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Cost: $ 60 in advance
$ 65 at the door with reservation
$ 70 walk-ins (if there is room)
COAT AND TIE REQUIRED! (Mufti or Uniform) EQUIVALENT FOR LADIES
Dr. Quoc Nguyen will talk on 1/28/26 about his experiences in a Re-education Camp in Communist Viet-Nam after the War, in which he had served as a physician in the Army of the Republic of Viet-Nam (ARVN). You may remember his son Minh (Max) Nguyen, who addressed us in March of 2023 on his own experiences escaping to the United States. He will be there too, and our Commander, CPT Markle, will be interlocutor.
We encourage you to invite adult family members and friends, especially those that qualify to be Companions in The Pennsylvania Commandery, to hear this first hand account of recent history.
Please fill out and mail the attached reservation form with your cheque, payable to:
“The PA Commandery – MOFW” to MAJ James Mallinson, PO Box 627, Paoli, PA 19301. Please try to mail it by Friday, January 23. The cost for the event is $60 per person if we receive your cheque in advance. If you reserve in advance but do not send a cheque, you may pay $65 at the door, preferably by cheque. Walk-ins, if there is room, will be charged $70. If you do not send your reservation in time but wish to attend, call or text Jim at 610-457-0003, or email him at [email protected] . We regret having to bill no-shows if they do not cancel their reservation by Monday, January 26.
FUTURE EVENTS:
We expect to have two additional speaker-lunches in the Spring and our Joint Summer Buffet Dinner with the Radnor Hunt Veterans at Radnor Hunt. As mentioned above, we hope to be able to reschedule COL Scott Gehris later this Spring to talk about future directions of the U.S. Marine Corps. In recognition of the 250th Anniversary of the United States, we shall have a program in which a number of Pennsylvania Companions will talk about their ancestors' roles in the War of Independence. We shall inform you of the details when we have the events set up.
We wish all our Companions, their families, and friends of The PA Commandery a Happy and healthy 2026!
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