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Fight Managers Join Ranks in World War II Service
In a wartime twist boxing managers enlist or are drafted joining fighters in uniform. Tales unfold of Sgt Smythe-Hereford and Pvt Bloodstone in snowbound road work and foxholes as ex-champions train, motivate, and insist the fighters can still endure combat with the same resolve as their ring tactics.
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Pvt
Joe Vela
Gus Lesnévicl
Jimmy Remini
Tami Mauriello
C.P.O
Paul Moss
Billy Loose
Navy
Sammy Scheer
Beau Jack
Joe Gould
Jimmy Braddock
Army
Gould
Smythe-Hereford
Bloodstone
Sgt. Smythe-Hereford
Pvt. Bloodstone
S-H
Pvt. B. Glug