Yes, I should have thought of that along with getting shipped out. More likely, for the reasons I already laid out to make the case against It would be natural for him to say so in telling the story, but that's a difference between real life and fiction. Details like that often get lost in the over-...

Don't know if this is a flub or not, but when TM was in the airport coffee shop, he mentioned playing football at Navy. He said his last game as a Midshipman was against the University of Michigan. Now, if I am not mistaken, isn't the Army-Navy game always been the final game for both teams? Isn't ...