The Doors

Jim Morrison’s Father Played a Role In the Gulf of Tonkin Incident

it’s relatively well-known that lead singer Jim Morrison‘s father was a flag officer in the US Navy. 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.

The details of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident had been distorted by George Stephen Morrison, the commanders on the scene, the White House and the Pentagon. The miscommunication on August 4 was perhaps intentional.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/jim-morrisons-dad-played-a-role-in-the-gulf-of-tonkin-incident.html

Perhaps the individual most emblematic of this scheme was Jim Morrison. “Morrison essentially arrived on the scene as a fully-developed rock star, complete with a backing band, a stage persona and an impressive collection of songs – enough, in fact, to fill the Doors’ first few albums,” McGowan writes. “How exactly Jim Morrison reinvented himself in such a radical manner remains something of a mystery… Jim Morrison’s band arrived on the scene as a fully-formed entity.”

https://pleasekillme.com/cia-rock-roll/

The United States government falsely claimed that a second incident occurred on August 4, 1964, between North Vietnamese and United States ships in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. Originally, US military claims blamed North Vietnam for the confrontation and the ostensible, but in fact imaginary, incident on August 4. Later investigation revealed that the second attack never happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident