U.S. Marines en route to Pacific keep fit to fight. U.S.

U.S. Marines en route to Pacific keep fit to fight. U.S. Marines, on their way to support their comrades in the Pacific war zone, keep physically fit with boxing matches and other shipboard sports. These troops are part of the stream of reinforcements for the Allied Pacific offensive, which is steadily rolling back the Japanese from their Pacific island holdings. Marines played an important role in the conquest of Saipan Island in the Central Pacific, a major bastion in the enemy's inner defense zone.