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Dec 15, 2022 · George Stephen Morrison retired from the Navy in August 1975 as a rear admiral. He died in Coronado, California in 2008. George Morrison, father of musician Jim Morrison, was there on the fateful morning of Dec. 7 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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.
Dec 11, 2008 · George Stephen Morrison, known as Steve, was born in Rome, Ga. His father was a railroad worker. He graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1941 and, as an ensign, witnessed the...
Dec 10, 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.
George Stephen Morrison was a Rear Admiral and naval aviator in the United States Navy. Morrison was commander of the U. S. naval forces in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 1964. He was the father of Jim Morrison, the lead singer of the legendary rock band, The Doors. Morrison was born in Rome, Georgia to Caroline ...
Nov 28, 2008 · GEORGE ‘STEVE’ MORRISON: Rear admiral flew combat missions in lengthy career. By Steve Liewer STAFF WRITER. Nov. 28, 2008 10:45 AM PT. Throughout Rear Adm. George “Steve” Morrison’s...
Oct 14, 2016 · George Stephen Morrison was a U.S Navy rear admiral, naval aviator and the commander of the U.S. naval forces in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 1964. Jim Morrison has been raised a military brat in a typical semi-nomadic existence.
