Ernest "Boots" Thomas
...that Ernest "Boots" Thomas, one of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima , was able to enlist in spite of being color blind by memorizing the results of another man's test?
...that <b id="mwBCI"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Ernest_Ivy_Thomas,_Jr." id="mwBCM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ernest Ivy Thomas, Jr.">Ernest "Boots" Thomas</a></b>, one of the <a href="./United_States_Marine_Corps" id="mwBCQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marines</a> who <a href="./Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima#Raising_the_first_flag" id="mwBCU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima">raised the flag on Iwo Jima</a> (<i id="mwBCY">pictured</i>), was able to enlist in spite of being <a href="./Color_blindness" id="mwBCc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Color blindness">color blind</a> by memorizing the results of another man's test?