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- His father, George Stephen Morrison, was a navy admiral. He opposed the actions USA took after Israel attacked the USS Liberty in 1967. Where 34 US navy men were killed and 171 wounded. He was outspoken and wanted to see a swift military and economic reaction or sanction against Israel for that unprovoked attack.
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Morrison's command of the Fifth Carrier Division did not, as has sometimes been supposed, give him a significant role in the controversial Gulf of Tonkin Incident in August 1964, which increased the level of US involvement in the Vietnam War.
Dec 15, 2022 · Jim and his dad Radm. Morrison on the bridge of Bon Homme Richard. (Photo: U.S. Navy) The details of the incident were distorted (perhaps intentionally) between Morrison and the other commanders on the scene, the Pentagon, and the White House.
Dec 9, 2008 · By William Grimes. Dec. 8, 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...
Abstract. Background: The 1967 USS Liberty is largely unknown by both the American public and even many historians of the era. The Liberty incident was officially noted as an attack of...
Dec 8, 2008 · Dec. 8, 2008 12 AM PT. Times Staff and Wire Reports. George Morrison, 89, a retired Navy rear admiral and the father of the late rock icon Jim Morrison, died in a Coronado, Calif., hospital...
The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship , USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War.
Feb 17, 2022 · A lesser-known fact is that his father, Capt. George Stephen Morrison, commanded the Carrier Division during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, which famously gave the Johnson Administration the justification it needed to escalate the Vietnam War.
