Preamble

  • To cherish the memories and associations of the World Wars waged for humanity;
  • To inculcate and stimulate love of our country and flag;
  • To promote and further patriotic education in our nation;
  • Ever to maintain law and order, and to defend the honor, integrity, and supremacy of our national government and the Constitution of the United States;
  • To foster fraternal relations among all branches of the armed forces;
  • To promote the cultivation of military, naval, and air science and the adoption of a consistent and suitable policy of national security for the United States of America;
  • To acquire and preserve records of individual services;
  • To encourage and assist in the holding of commemorations and the establishment of memorials of the World Wars; and
  • To transmit all these ideals to posterity; under God and for our country, we unite to establish…

The Military Order of the World Wars.