Basis for Membership
All women who are eligible for membership in the Auxiliary fall into one of the following categories:
Junior members are defined as that group under the age of eighteen years. Upon reaching eighteen years of age, Junior members shall automatically be admitted into Senior membership with full privileges. However, a member under the age of eighteen years who is married shall be classified as a Senior member.
Once accepted as Auxiliary members, women eligible under classification (1) may continue their membership from year to year whether or not their veteran relatives continue membership in The American Legion. The fact that a member's service relative is no longer a member of The American legion does not compel the Auxiliary member to lose her Auxiliary membership.
The phrase "died in the line of duty." applies to all those persons who were killed in action, died of wounds or disease, were killed by accident or otherwise came to their death other than as a result of their own misconduct. In case of doubt, the Adjutant General of the Army, or the Navy Department, Washington D.C., can advise if the person was considered to have died in the line of duty.
The term "wife," as used in the eligibility clause, does not necessarily mean the wife occupied that status at the time her husband was in war service. Any woman who marries a member of The American legion at any time is eligible for membership in the Auxiliary. The term "wife" also includes widows.
- The mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, granddaughters, great-granddaughters and grandmothers and members of The American Legion.
- The mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, granddaughters, great-granddaughters and grandmothers of those who served in the Armed Forces of the United States during any of the eligibility periods listed below and who died in the line of duty during such service, or who, having received an Honorable Discharge, died after such service.
- The mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, granddaughters, great-granddaughters and grandmothers of those who were citizens of the United States and who served during any of the eligibility periods listed below in the Armed Forces of any of the governments who were allies of the United States and who died in the line of duty during such service, or who, having received an Honorable Discharge, died after such service.
- Women who are eligible for membership in The American Legion in their own right.
- The eligibility includes step-relatives.
- World War I - April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918
- World War II - December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946
- Korean War - June 25, 1950 to January 31, 1955
- Vietnam War - February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975
- Lebanon/Grenada - August 24, 1982 to July 31, 1990
- Panama - December 20, 1989 to January 31, 1990
- Persian Gulf - August 2, 1990 to date of cessation
Junior members are defined as that group under the age of eighteen years. Upon reaching eighteen years of age, Junior members shall automatically be admitted into Senior membership with full privileges. However, a member under the age of eighteen years who is married shall be classified as a Senior member.
Once accepted as Auxiliary members, women eligible under classification (1) may continue their membership from year to year whether or not their veteran relatives continue membership in The American Legion. The fact that a member's service relative is no longer a member of The American legion does not compel the Auxiliary member to lose her Auxiliary membership.
The phrase "died in the line of duty." applies to all those persons who were killed in action, died of wounds or disease, were killed by accident or otherwise came to their death other than as a result of their own misconduct. In case of doubt, the Adjutant General of the Army, or the Navy Department, Washington D.C., can advise if the person was considered to have died in the line of duty.
The term "wife," as used in the eligibility clause, does not necessarily mean the wife occupied that status at the time her husband was in war service. Any woman who marries a member of The American legion at any time is eligible for membership in the Auxiliary. The term "wife" also includes widows.
