I thought the way they added his poetry to music was awesome with that song.

yea, was great..

His dad was commanding admiral of the USN Fleet during the gulf of Tonkin incident that ultimately started the Vietnam war the the US

I think they let him shoot at targets in the water with one of the ship's guns but I can't remember for sure. Didn't the Simpsons do a bit about Jim and the admiral?

not sure, hafta check it out lol