TO UPHOLD AND MAINTAIN THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS TO THE UNITED STATES; TO REALIZE THE TRUE AMERICAN IDEALS AND AIMS FOR WHICH THOSE ELIGIBLE TO MEMBERSHIP FOUGHT; TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS AND WORK FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL WOUNDED, GASSED, INJURED, AND DISABLED VETERANS; TO COOPERATE WITH THE UNITED STATES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF IMPROVING AND ADVANCING THE CONDITION, HEALTH, AND INTEREST OF ALL WOUNDED, GASSED, INJURED AND DISABLED VETERANS; TO SERVE OUR COMRADES, OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR COUNTRY; TO ENCOURAGE IN ALL PEOPLE THAT SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING WHICH WILL GUARD AGAINST FUTURE WARS.