§22502. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are-

(1) to keep alive and develop the spirit that promoted world service;

(2) to maintain the ties of fellowship born of that service and to assist and further any patriotic work;

(3) to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, State, and Nation;

(4) to work for the welfare of the Army and Navy;

(5) to assist, in any way in their power, men and women who served and were wounded or incapacitated in World War I; and

(6) to foster and promote friendship and understanding between America and the Allies in World War I.

( Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1304 .)

In clauses (5) and (6), the words "World War I" are substituted for "the World War" for clarity.