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A fact from Ernest Ivy Thomas Jr. appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 January 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ernest "Boots" Thomas, one of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima (pictured), was able to enlist in spite of being color blind by memorizing the results of another man's test?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/January.

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Frontpage en.wikipedia.org did you know part[edit]

Shouldn't it be by memorizing the answers of another man? rather then the result?

Also, what's with the section "for his stupid pide actions on Iwo Jima on February 21, 1945, Thomas was awarded the Navy Cross." I can't find the words in the edit section that actually say "stupid pide" but I don't think it's supposed to be in there.