This association
is organized exclusively for charitable
purposes within the meaning of Section 501 ( c) (19)
of the Internal Revenue Code, as now enacted or
hereafter amended, including for such purposes, the
making of distributions to organizations that also
qualify as Section 501 ( c) (19) exempt
organizations. To this end, the corporation is
created and maintained to serve these objectives:
a)
To promote and foster the comradeship and
friendship brought about through service in Vietnam.
b)
To provide opportunities for members to
maintain and strengthen bonds and renew friendships,
through holding regular reunions, publication of
newsletters, and maintaining rosters of Association
members.
c)
To provide appropriate recognition to those
comrades-in-arms who are no longer with us.
d)
To provide a link between the Association,
and its successor organizations, to include those
higher military commands (and successors) to which
association members were assigned.
e)
To proclaim and publish the traditions and
achievements of D Company, 2nd Battalion,
8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry
Division.
f)
To provide financial assistance by means of
the Foundation of the Angry Skipper Association®
toward the education of selected categories of
persons as designated by the Association, from time
to time.
g)
To sponsor or provide the membership with
other benefits and activities that are normally
available to fraternal organizations and which are
consistent with the purposes and objectives as set
forth above.
h)
The Association shall be nonpolitical,
nonpartisan, and nonsectarian. It shall issue no
capital stock and shall not be operated for the
purpose of making a profit and shall not declare
dividends to the members of the Association.
i)
All funds, whether income or principal, and
whether acquired by gift or contribution or
otherwise, shall be devoted to said aforementioned
purposes.
