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George Stephen Morrison (January 7, 1919 – November 17, 2008) was a United States Navy rear admiral (upper half) and naval aviator. Morrison held significant commands of United States naval forces during the Vietnam War. He was the father of Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors .
Dec 9, 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...
Feb 17, 2022 · In 1967, three years after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, George Stephen Morrison was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. Five years later, he became commander of the US Navy’s forces in the Marianas.
Dec 15, 2022 · After graduating with the U.S. Naval Academy’s Class of 1941, George Morrison was sent to Hawaii to join the crew of the minelayer USS Pruitt (DM 22). He was there on the fateful morning of Dec. 7 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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 ...
Dec 8, 2008 · George Morrison, 89, a retired Navy rear admiral and the father of the late rock icon Jim Morrison, died in a Coronado, Calif., hospital Nov. 17 after a fall.
In 1966, he was the youngest officer in the Navy to be promoted to Rear Admiral and later served as Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in the Marianas. Serving in the Vietnam War, he dealt with the 140,000 South Vietnamese refugees after the fall of Saigon in April 1975 and created a tent city on an abandoned airfield to accommodate them while they ...
