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Chaplain (CPT) W. Roger Randolph, III on The Horn of Africa, America’s New Forgotten Conflict and the War With Iran
Thursday, March 26, 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
A native of Pittsburgh, CPT Randolph enlisted in the PA National Guard as a combat engineer and was commissioned upon graduation from the University of Pittsburgh in the Corps of Engineers; he subsequently went to Lutheran seminary becoming a chaplain, and is now transitioning to the Episcopal Church. CPT Randolph has served on three active mobilizations, including one as the Command Chaplain of Task Force Paxton (2nd Battalion 112th Infantry Regiment), Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Kenya, and Somalia) in support of Counter-Terror EXORD-AFRICOM (Operation Enduring Freedom).
His many awards include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. He was the 2016 Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldier of the Year.
In his civilian ministry, our speaker is the full-time Chaplain at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. He is a Pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and is currently licensed and serving parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, where he will be received into the Episcopal priesthood in 2026. He resides in Philadelphia.
We encourage you to invite spouses, adult children, and friends, especially those that may be eligible to be Hereditary or Veteran Companions, to hear about American operations in the Horn of Africa and how they relate to the current war with Iran.
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 Saturday, March 21. 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 Tuesday, March 24.
Future Events:
There will be a SPECIAL EVENT on Thursday, April 16 at the Philadelphia Club. Marking the 250th celebration of the Declaration of Independence, several Pennsylvania Commandery Companions with Revolutionary War Ancestors will talk about their ancestors’ contributions to American independence. One, a General, formed a Regiment and supplied ships to start our Navy of Privateers. Another, a Major General, was Commander of the Army of the North, capturing Fort Ticonderoga, and was the real Victor at Saratoga; yet he was the first general to be court martialed. One was ambushed by Indians; he was wounded badly but escaped and lived. Another served as an officer with the 1st & 3d Maryland Regiments and as a Company Commander fought at the Battle of Brooklyn, followed by the battles at White Plains, NY, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, NJ where he was wounded and captured. Another, a skilled Surgeon, who had been tutored by Benjamin Franklin, was Surgeon to the Sixth Battalion, which became the Seventh Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, served at Crown Point, Ticonderoga, Saratoga, Valley Forge, where he became G. Washington’s friend and personal physician. He was sent in 1881 to Charleston, South Carolina to serve our prisoners of war. Present at the Yorktown surrender of Gen. Cornwallis. Entertained GW at his home on GW’s way out to put down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. Many years later, in 1807, he was commissioned a Major General of the Seventh Division, PA Militia.
Thursday, May 21, 11:30 a.m.: Speaker Luncheon at the Philadelphia Club. Dr. Aaron Stein, President of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, will brief us on Iran. Details to follow.
Wednesday, September 23, speaker-luncheon at the Philadelphia Club. MG Wesley Craig, former Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, will talk about the Battle of the Bulge. Many of us know General Craig and can vouch that he is an excellent speaker!
Annual Summer Joint Dinner with the Radnor Hunt Veterans at Radnor Hunt: Date and other details to be announced
Fraternally,
Alvan Markle IV
Commander, The Pennsylvania Commandery – MOFW
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