Oscar Holmes
... that during World War II, Oscar Holmes became the first black US naval aviator only because the still-segregated Navy initially thought that the light-skinned Holmes was white?
... that during World War<span id="mwBlw" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>II, <b id="mwBl0"><a href="./Oscar_Holmes" id="mwBl4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Oscar Holmes">Oscar Holmes</a></b> became the first black US <a href="./Naval_aviator_(United_States)" id="mwBl8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Naval aviator (United States)">naval aviator</a> only because the <a href="./Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States_Armed_Forces#United_States_Navy" id="mwBmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces">still-segregated Navy</a> initially thought that the light-skinned Holmes was white?