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Susan Cuddy would not only be the first Asian-American woman to join the U.S. Navy, she was also the first female gunnery officer.

The Asian American Women Who Fought to Make Their Mark in WWII They worked as pilots, translators, guerrilla fighters and more. Author: They worked as pilots, translators, guerrilla fighters and more. Asian American women played a critical part in America’s war effort during World War II. Coming from diverse backgrounds—including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Filipino—they served in important roles ranging from pilots and translators to factory workers and guerrilla fighters. Yet they worked on behalf of a country that was far from welcoming. From the time of their arrival in the mid...

By Raymond Douglas Chong, AsAmNews Staff Writer During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AsAmNews proudly pays tribute to these five trailblazers. They have enriched American history by their lofty endeavors. They have blazed the trail for future generations to succeed in our America.    From left to right: Yosh “Bill” Watanabe, Dalip Singh Saund, Susan Ahn Cuddy (pictured with her brothers), Tram Nguyen and CC Yin. CC Yin: Longtime Chinese American Civic Leader and Entrepreneur CC Yin, a Chinese American, was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, in 1937. He and his famil...

The grandson of a Korean independence activist withdrew his offer to donate family historical archives to Harvard’s Schlesinger Library in anger over the University’s failure to respond to a professor’s controversial paper on the issue of “comfort women.” Philip “Flip” Ahn Cuddy — grandson of Korean independence activist Ahn Chang-ho, known by his pen name Dosan — wrote in a letter to University President Lawrence S. Bacow Wednesday morning that he was withdrawing the submission of family historical materials to Harvard “in direct consequence ...