Fists Are Good Weapons
![Two men in a boxing ring others watch from belchers Two men in a boxing ring others watch from belchers](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/wwii/paintings-of-naval-aviation/fists-are-good-weapons/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1519934297156.jpg)
There are times when no weapon takes the place of a man's bare knuckles--especially when bouncing them off the jaw of a little yellow man. Navy pre-flight school teaches aviation cadets boxing both as a fighting art, and to impress upon them the lesson that they can absorb physical punishment and still keep going.
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- World War II 1939-1945
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