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Frederick C. Branch, USMC. First African-American United States Marine Corps officer.

Caption: On 10 November 1945, Frederick C. Branch, the first African-American ever commissioned in the Marine Corps, and a veteran of the 51st Defense Battalion, smiles proudly as his wife pins the gold bars of a second lieutenant on his uniform.

• Source: Bernard C. Nalty (1995). THE RIGHT TO FIGHT: African-American Marines in World War II. United States Marine Corps. Retrieved on 2006-12-29. 
• URL: http://www.nps.gov/archive/wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003132-00/sec12.htm
• Comment: Department of Defense photo (USMC) 500043

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