Navy Lt. Susan Ahn Cuddy Navy Lt. Susan Ahn Cuddy joined the service in 1942 after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. She was the first Asian American woman to become an officer and the first female to operate flexible-mount or turret-mounted machine guns on an aircraft in the Navy. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.03 MB) Photo By: Navy photo VIRIN: 210426-N-ZZ999-030.JPG Photo Gallery