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My Take
Jim Webb is the sort of figure who makes a single life feel like several. Born in Missouri in 1946, he came home from Vietnam with the Navy Cross, Silver Star, and Purple Heart, then served as Secretary of the Navy and a U.S. senator, all while writing fiction as a published author. What I admire most is the through-line: whether on the battlefield, the Senate floor, or the page, he has insisted on speaking in his own voice. His shift from Republican to Democrat reads to me less like opportunism and more like a man following conviction. His biography is a novel.
Overview
James Henry Webb Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States senator from Virginia, Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Counsel for the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and is a retired Marine Corps officer. Webb has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2006, having initially been a Republican.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jim Webb
- Name (Japanese)
- ジム・ウェッブ
- Reading
- じむ・うぇっぶ
- Born
- February 9, 1946 (age 80)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dog
- Origin
- St. Joseph, Missouri, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / politician / writer / military officer / lawyer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Bellevue East High School
- University
- University of Southern California
Awards & achievements
- Bronze Star Medal
- Purple Heart
- Silver Star
- Navy Cross
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.