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May 3, 2022 · George Morrison (January 7, 1919 – November 17, 2008) was a Rear Admiral and naval aviator in the United States Navy. rear admiral (upper half) and naval aviator. Morrison was commander of the U.S. naval forces in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 1964. which sparked an escalation of American involvement in the ...
Dec 8, 2017 · Classic rock aficionados know that Jim’s father, George Stephen Morrison had an outstanding military career in the United States Navy. He is probably best known for being the commander of the fleet during the Gulf of Tonkin incident, that occurred in August 1964 and led to an escalation of the Vietnam War, which largely defined the international relations in the next decade.
George Stephen Morrison was born on January 7, 1919 in Rome, Georgia. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1941, after which he was sent to Hawaii to join the crew of the light minelayer USS ...
Dec 11, 2008 · George S. Morrison, who commanded the fleet during the Gulf of Tonkin incident that led to an escalation of the Vietnam War and whose son Jim was the lead singer of the Doors, died Nov. 17 in Coron…
George Stephen Morrison (7 January 1919 – 17 November 2008) was a Rear Admiral of the US Navy who commanded the carrier division of the US Third Fleet that engaged North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. He was also famous for being the father of Jim Morrison, the lead singer and a founding member of The Doors, a psychedelic rock band of the 1960s. George Stephen Morrison was born on 7 ...
Dec 15, 2022 · The Morrison family in the mid-1950s. (Jim at the far right.) (Photo: Morrison family collection) In August of 1964, Morrison was aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31) leading the U.S. Navy force stationed off the coast of Vietnam. On August 2 several North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked the USS Maddox (DD 731) during an intelligence ...
Oct 24, 2022 · In August 1964, the American destroyer USS Maddox was stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam. That month, this ship was involved in two events collectively referred to as the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which changed the course of modern history in ways that reverberate to this day. On August 2, it was attacked by North ...
