Gene Yu (Chinese: ??) is a United States Military Academy graduate, former U.S.
Army Special Forces officer and author.
He wrote the book Yellow Green Beret: Stories of an Asian-American Stumbling Around U.S.
Army Special Forces (series)|Yellow Green Beret: Stories of an Asian-American Stumbling Around U.S.
Army Special Forces Vols.
1 to 3, under the pen name of Chester Wong, a semi-autobiographical and comedic take on his time in the Green Berets.He is also the nephew of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and was instrumental in the negotiation and release of Taiwanese citizen Chang An-wei, or Evelyn Chang, from Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines.