George Stephen Morrison destroyers to prevent flight operations by attempting to cross the path of the "Hancock". 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 fall of Saigon in the spring of 1975. Rear Admiral Morrison was the keynote speaker at the decommissioning ceremony for the carrier "Bon Homme Richard", his first ship as an admiral, on July 2, 1971 in Washington D.C.. His estranged son, rock musician Jim Morrison, died in Paris at age 27 the following day. Morrison retired from the Navy in
Jim Morrison singer Iggy Pop was inspired by Morrison while attending a Doors concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan. One of Pop's most popular songs, "The Passenger", is said to be based on one of Morrison's poems. After Morrison's death, Pop was considered as a replacement lead singer for the Doors; the surviving Doors gave him some of Morrison's belongings and hired him as a vocalist for a series of shows. Wallace Fowlie, professor emeritus of French literature at Duke University, wrote "Rimbaud and Jim Morrison", subtitled ""The Rebel as Poet – A Memoir"". In this, he recounts his surprise at receiving a