Black and white photograph captured in November 1919, taken by the Signal Corps photographer. The image features Wake Gibbons, the Middleweight Champion, and George Blake demonstrating hand-to-hand combat at the Army War College in Washington The purpose of the demonstration was to show how an unarmed man defends himself against an opponent armed with a bayonet. Additional notes mention the image number as 9824-112.

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Photo credit: © piemags/NSC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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