06/12/2026
Thank you Congressman Jim Baird for honoring and recognizing Women Veterans Day. 🇺🇸
Today is Women Veterans Day, where we celebrate the contributions of women in the U.S. Military. Mary Hallaren was the first woman to officially join the U.S. Army. Halleran was a spitfire in a small package. Standing barely five feet tall, she once said “You don't have to be six feet tall to have a brain that works.”
She was promoted to full colonel in 1947 and made the Director of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). When the WAC was integrated into the U.S. Army officially, she became the first woman regular U.S. Army officer. Serving through the Korean War, she retired in 1960 at age 53 and was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the Army Commendation Medal.
Thank you to all Women Veterans for your service!
