Anne Maye Hays (MSN 1968), U.S. Military’s First Female General died on January 7^th in Washington D.C. General Anna Maye Hayes joined the Army Nurse Corp in 1942 and served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.  Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and Legion of Merit. She helped establish the Army Institute of Nursing at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland.

General Hayes was promoted to general on June 11, 1970 by General William C. Westmoreland.

Contributions: In lieu of flowers, a donation in Anna's memory may be made to Salvation Army 144 N. 8th St, Allentown, PA 18101, Army Medical Museum (AMEDD) Foundation, Inc, P.O. Box 8294, San Antonio, TX 78208-0294 or BG Anna Mae McCabe Hays Scholarship c/o Northampton Community College Foundation, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem, PA 18020.

References:

Robert, S. (January 10, 2018).   Anna Mae Hays,97, U.S. Military’s First Female General, Dies. The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/obituaries/anna-mae-hays-97-us-militarys-first-female-general-dies.htm

Begley, S. (July, 11, 2015). This Woman was the First Female General in the U.S. Armed Forces, Time, http://time.com/3916073/anna-mae-hays-female-general/