1945-1959:
Lieutenant Ahn would join the Navy's elite code-breaking team, earning a reputation as quite the puzzle solver because of her vast knowledge of everything from world affairs to literature, which were often used in secret codes. Later, she would become a civilian officer, with two stripes, for the National Security Agency (NSA). She would eventually lead a department of 300, who were charged with digging up Russian intelligence during the Cold War. Her nickname was "Little Hitler." Her son, Philip "Flip" Cuddy, said she once told him that her underlings "had to perform their duties, or they were gone." She stands out in this 1956 photo with her NSA peers, who at the time were cramming to learn about Southeast Asia.
