After being appointed on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_15" id="mwAWo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="May 15">May 15</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Mae_Hays" id="mwAWs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anna Mae Hays">Anna Mae Hays</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_P._Hoisington" id="mwAWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Elizabeth P. Hoisington">Elizabeth P. Hoisington</a> officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_officer" id="mwAW0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="General officer">general officers</a>, becoming the first women to do so.