Frederick C. Branch
...that in 1945, Frederick C. Branch became the first African-American U.S. Marine Corps officer?
...that in <a href="./1945" id="mwDOs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1945">1945</a>, <b id="mwDOw"><a href="./Frederick_C._Branch" id="mwDO0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Frederick C. Branch">Frederick C. Branch</a></b> became the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="./African-American" id="mwDO4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African-American">African-American</a> <a href="./United_States_Marine_Corps" id="mwDO8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> officer?