Susan Ahn Cuddy
"Be a good American citizen. But, do not forget your heritage."
1917 Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Family. Los Angeles, CA L to R: Philson (1912) Soorah (1917) Susan (1915) Yi Hye Ryon. Dosan and Philip Ahn (1905). Pilyoung (1926) missing. He was born after this picture was taken. This is the first Korean family with all children born in America. Dosan and his wife are the first Christian Korean married couple to come to America. Yi Hye Ryon is the third Korean woman to come to America.
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This is the life story of a trailblazing legendary American patriotic veteran who never forgot her Korean heritage. Susan Ahn Cuddy was a person who was born to lead. Her numerous successful multi-faceted accomplishments changed history. She affected how people lived in the past and how people live today.
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- "Her legacy lives on, not only for the doors she opened for women and racial minorities, but in the individuals she inspired to defy social norms. She redefined what it means to belong and to serve, by proving that true patriotism transcends bloodlines and is defined by the love for one’s country. In honoring her memory, we celebrate Susan’s quiet revolution; a revolution that empowers future generations to embrace identity and push for the change they seek. Susan Ahn Cuddy’s life was a revolution of its own, not just on the battlefield, but in the hearts of those who now follow the legacy she left and the path she paved." Adelaide Heo and June Park - Susan Ahn Cuddy Documentary
- Korea Team 2026 National History Day Contest
- College Park, Maryland
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During her father's life, Dosan, a Korean Freedom Fighter against Japanese Imperialism, stressed to his children the importance of being the best American citizens they could be. Three years after her father’s death, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II. By June 1942, the ranks of the U.S. Navy had been opened to women through the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) program. Susan Ahn embraced the opportunity to fight the Japanese government that had imprisoned and killed her father.
After she graduated from San Diego State College (presently known as San Diego State University), the 27-year-old Ahn was rejected the first time she applied to the Officer Training Program for the WAVES in 1942. Undaunted, she reapplied and enlisted. Susan just wanted to serve her country. The Navy sent her to the flight-simulating Link Trainer program in Georgia where she taught air combat tactics to future naval pilots, an experience she remembered as “wonderful.” From there she went to Pensacola, where she became a gunnery officer. After being assigned to Atlantic City Naval Air Station, Ahn trained naval aviators to fire a .50-caliber machine gun.
1944 Atlantic City Naval Air Station Firing Range. Susan was an expert with handguns, shotguns (excellent skeet shooter), and machine guns.
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1930 Bunker Hill House 106 N. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA
Dosan built the fish pond behind Susan.
1934 SAC was the Head of Women's Baseball at Los Angeles City College. She may be the First Asian Woman to run a college Athletic Department.
1943 Susan was the first Asian woman Officer in the US Navy. 1944 She was the first woman in the entire Armed Forces to become a Gunnery Officer. She is discussing the function of the USA, WW2, Browning M1919A4 .30 cal machine gun. She was stationed in Pensacola, FL and Atlantic City, NJ.
1956 National Security Agency (NSA) Fellowship Awardees
Attended University of Southern California - study Indonesia and Russian language. USSR Div. Chief Analyst
March 2015 Born to Lead: The Susan Ahn Cuddy Story - A Children's Theater Play by East West Players. Susan at a performance with Irene Park who played Susan.
2013 Los Angeles Dodger's Veteran of the Game
Department of Defense
Lieutenant Susan Ahn Cuddy
SUSAN AHN CUDDY
Remembering One Tough Veteran:
Lieutenant Susan Ahn Cuddy