Georgia, where she participated in the notorious Inchon
Landing on September 15, 1950, and assisted the 4th Field
Hospital in caring for more than 25,000 patients.
(7) In May 1956, she reported for duty as head nurse of
the Emergency Room at Walter Reed General Hospital in
Washington, DC, where she was one of the private nurses to
care for President Dwight D. Eisenhower while he was
hospitalized there for 23 days after suffering an ileitis
attack.
(8) In 1958, she graduated from Columbia University
Teacher's College with a bachelor of science degree in
nursing education.
(9) In October 1960, she became chief nurse of the 11th
Evacuation Hospital in Pusan, South Korea.
(10) In September 1963, she was selected as Assistant
Chief of the Army Nurse Corps.
(11) On September 1, 1967, Anna Mae V. McCabe Hays was
sworn in as the 13th Chief of the Army Nurse Corps, where she
guided the Army Nurse Corps during the worst fighting of the
Vietnam War.
(12) In 1968, she was promoted to colonel and received a
master of science in nursing from the Catholic University of
America.
(13) On June 11, 1970, Anna Mae V. McCabe Hays was
promoted to brigadier general and became the first woman in
the United States Armed Forces to achieve the rank of
general.
(14) Her recommendations to Surgeon General Hal B.
Jennings led to groundbreaking reforms in personnel policies,
including the elimination of automatic discharges for married
officers who became pregnant and the elimination of
restrictions on the age of dependents of female nurses
seeking appointment in the Army Nurse Corps Reserve.
(15) She retired as Chief of the Army Nurse Corps on
August 31, 1971, after serving in the position for four
years.
(16) On January 7, 2018, she passed away at the age of
97 and Governor Tom Wolf ordered the Commonwealth flag at the
Capitol Complex and at all State facilities in Allentown to
fly at half staff in honor of her memory.
(17) Her numerous awards included the Distinguished
Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Army Commendation Medal,
American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with
one service star, World War II Victory Medal, Army of
Occupation Medal, National Defense Service Medal with oak
leaf cluster, Korean Service Medal with three service stars
and the United Nations Service Medal (Korea).
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on that portion of
State Route 4001, also known as Henry Avenue, over the
Wissahickon Creek and Lincoln Drive in Fairmount Park,
Philadelphia County, is designated as the Brigadier General Anna
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