Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (born 1915)

Susan Ahn Cuddy

United States Navy officer

Susan Ahn Cuddy was the first female gunnery officer in the United States Navy. She was the eldest daughter of Korean independence activist Ahn Chang-ho and Helen Ahn, the first married Korean couple to immigrate to the United States in 1902. She joined the Navy in 1942 and…