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MAJ John Kiyonaga, Esq., on
The 442nd (Nisei) Regiment in World War II
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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) The EQUIVALENT FOR LADIES
John Kiyonaga will talk about the highly decorated 442nd (Nisei) Regiment's campaigns in France and Italy in which his father was an officer. A criminal defense attorney, he earned his law degree in 1980 at Columbia Law School, where he was a Morris Berg Scholar, concurrently with an MSJ degree from Columbia Journalism School. He has a BA from Georgetown, where he rowed heavyweight, and was graduated from the Hill School.
Major Kiyonaga was a JAG officer from 1985 to 1989 with the 101st Airborne Division and the 10th Special Forces Group. He is both Airborne and Ranger qualified and was deployed with the Multinational Forces and Observers in Sinai, Egypt. He was also deployed to Panama with the 3d Ranger Battalion in 1989 for security operations prior to our invasion in Operation Just Cause.
Before starting his own firm in 1990, our speaker had experience as an officer with the Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC) in Washington, D.C. and as an associate with Brown & Wood (now Sidley Austin Brown & Wood) in New York City. He is fluent in Spanish and has a good working knowledge of Portuguese. John lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland with his wife and four children.
After the luncheon, there will be a book-signing for Major Kiyonaga’s début novel, Uninvited Valor, in which he draws on his own father’s experience serving with the 442nd Regiment, a unit consisting entirely of Japanese-American enlisted soldiers and considered the military’s most decorated unit. Expertly weaving fiction with history, it is the story of men called into brotherhood — and greatness — by circumstances beyond their control, and their decision to go for broke, risking everything for the country that had doubts about their loyalty.
We encourage you to invite spouses, adult children, and friends, especially those that may be eligible to be Hereditary or Veteran Companions, to hear this engaging speaker.
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 15. 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, March 17.
FUTURE EVENTS: Thursday, April 24, at 11:30 a.m. at the Philadelphia Club: Dennis Murphy will talk about combat in Viet-Nam, being injured there, and his recovery. We plan to have another speaker-luncheon in May or June and our Annual Joint Dinner with the Radnor Hunt Veterans at Radnor Hunt over the Summer.
Fraternally,
Alvan Markle IV
Commander, The Pennsylvania Commandery – MOFW
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