Women's Army Corps Memorial

Women's Army Corps Memorial. . , To Honor All Women Who Have Served Our Country, Right Side , Preamble , We, the members of the Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association, humbly petition the blessings of our Heavenly Father upon all our activities that we may grow in grace and glorify our purpose, to be of service to all veterans., We pledge allegiance to the United States of America and the members in whose name we serve., We are resolved to promote justice, tolerance, peace and good will among all men toward the end that all wars may cease., Left Side , As women soldiers, we have shed our life's blood on many foreign shores to protect and defend the things that we believe to be important and honorable for our country., PFC, Pallas Athene , Insignia and Goddess. , Pallas Athene was selected as the official insignia of the U.S. Women's Army Corps. Designers from the Heraldic Section of the Quartermaster General's Office, Headquarters, Department of the Army, hit upon the idea of a head of Pallas Athene, a Roman and Greek Goddess associated with an impressive variety of womanly viatues... She was the goddess of handicrafts, wise in industries of peace and arts of war, also the goddess of storms and battle, who led through victory to peace and prosperity. Accordingly, the head of Pallas Athene, together with the traditional US, was selected for lapel insignia cut out for officers and on discs for enlisted women.