Profile
George Stephen Morrison
United States Admiral
Male
Born
Jan 7, 1919
Hometown
Rome, Georgia
Died
Nov 17, 2008
Death Place
Coronado, California
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… Read More
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Clara Clarke MorrisonMarried
Family
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George Stephen Morrison
d.2008
parents
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Paul Raymund MorrisonFather
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Caroline Hoover MorrisonMother
children
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Anne Robin MorrisonDaughter, Age 66
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Andrew Lee MorrisonSon
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1919
Birth
Born on January 7, 1919.
TEENAGE
1938
19 Years Old
Morrison entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1938.
TWENTIES
He graduated in 1941, was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy, and was sent to Hawaii where he joined the crew of the minelayer.
1943
24 Years Old
In 1943 he began flight training at NAS Pensacola, Florida, graduating in spring 1944.
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FORTIES
1963
44 Years Old
In 1963, Morrison took command of the, flagship of a 3rd Fleet Carrier Division in the Pacific,and based at Naval Air Station, Alameda, California.
1964
45 Years Old
Morrison was in command of the Carrier Division during the controversial Gulf of Tonkin Incident in 1964, which resulted in a dramatic escalation of the Vietnam War.
1966
47 Years Old
In 1966 he was promoted to Rear Admiral; at age 46.
1968
49 Years Old
In WestPac 1968 he was Commander of Task Force 77, the USS Hancock CVA-19 served as his flagship.
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FIFTIES
1971
52 Years Old
Admiral Morrison was the keynote speaker at the decommissioning ceremony for Bon Homme Richard, his first ship as an admiral, on July 3, 1971 in Washington D.C., the same day his son, Jim Morrison, died in Paris, France at age 27.
1972
53 Years Old
In 1972, he was appointed Commander Naval Forces Marianas.
As such, he was in charge of relief efforts for Vietnamese refugees sent to Guam after the 1975 fall of Saigon.
LATE ADULTHOOD
2005
86 Years Old
In retirement, the Morrisons lived in Coronado and Chula Vista, California. Clara Clarke Morrison, 86, died after a long illness in Coronado on December 29, 2005.
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