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| | United States Navy Club |
 | | Precisely at 2 bells, evening watch, 18 June 1938, at a Navy Veterans Reunion in Quincy Illinois; a new and powerful organization, The Navy Club of the United States of America, was launched. |
 | | In reverent recognition of Divine Guidance, we associate ourselves, pledging ourselves to maintain true allegiance to the government of these United States of America and fidelity to its Constitution and Laws. |
 | | The objects of this Association are to further, encourage, promote, and maintain comradeship among our members, to revere, honor, and perpetuate the memory of our departed shipmates; and to promote and encourage further public interest in the United States Navy and its history and to uphold the spirit and ideals of our Navy. |
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