Dempsey Referees Bouts on Overseas Voyage. On the deck of a Coast Guard-manned Troops Transport headed for the European War theatre, Coast Guard Commander Jack Dempsey enters the ring as referee for a series of boxing bouts among Coast Guardsmen and Soldiers. Here, the former World's Heavyweight Champion gives words of encouragement to one of the contenders, Private Joseph Alberico, of Utica, New York.

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Keywords: 17-a2-218, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg