The movie "Annapolis" is getting mixed reviews, but there's a reference in several of them to James Webb, who was a member of the Annapolis Class of '68. So, despite my complete lack of interest in seeing the movie, I perked up my ears. Here's a paragraph from the Washington Post review, talking about the legendary James Webb-Oliver North boxing match:
Perhaps more important, the Naval Academy has a tournament called "The Brigades" -- the Brigade Boxing Championship -- in which people get to whale away on each other for eternal glory in academy lore. The most famous of these bouts was chronicled in Robert Timberg's "The Nightingale's Song," and featured two members of the Class of '68 -- future secretary of the Navy and best-selling novelist James Webb and future war hero, Reagan aide and man-about-Fox Oliver North.
Great story. By the way, if you haven't read "The Nightingale's Song," I can't recommend it highly enough. And let's all hope that James Webb gets in this Senate race, and soon, so he can get tuned up for his 12-round, knock-down drag-out with George Allen. And the winner, in a unanimous decision, will be...James Webb!! :)
[UPDATE: The Washington Post has more on Webb as he watches the movie Annapolis. Webb's verdict: "They got everything wrong"...[but] "it's a movie."]