<P> Morrow, of Irish descent, was born in 1949 but is not a native of Charming, California . He is one of the original "First 9" members of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, formed in 1967, but was not a founding member . Of the first nine, he was the youngest and one of only three who were not war veterans . He did later go on to serve in the military, however, joining the US Army as an Airborne qualified Infantryman in 1969 and was deployed to Vietnam until 1972 (commemorated by a tattoo on his left arm and the paratrooper pin on his vest). When he returned from service, he remained a member of the club and opened the Teller - Morrow Automotive Repair shop with John Teller, the club President and his best friend . Whilst serving as the Vice President during the early 1990s, he was responsible for a number of murders during the SAMCRO - Mayan War, including that of Lowell Harland, Sr., a mechanic at the auto shop who became an ATF informant . </P> <P> In 1993, he became the President of the club's Mother Charter, based in Charming (which also means that he was International President), after the death of John Teller . He went on to marry John Teller's widow Gemma Teller Morrow in the mid-1990s and made their son, Jax Teller, Vice-President . It is implied that under Morrow, SAMCRO has become more of a criminal enterprise than before, much to Jax's disillusionment . </P> <P> On his colors he wears patches reading "First 9" and "President". He suffers from osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) in his hands, which is slowly worsening as the series progresses . He makes several attempts to hide it from his brothers to protect his position as President, as a rule among members of the Sons of Anarchy prevents members from leading if they can't hold the grip of their motorcycle and ride effectively . </P> <P> Season One begins with the Sons of Anarchy finding their weapon storage warehouse being burned down . The SOA rush to the scene, where local police officers are already investigating . Clay talks to Sheriff Vic Trammel about the blaze, who claims that propane tanks inside the building blew up, and that he suspects arson due to the bootprints inside . Trammel then shows Clay the burned corpses of the people hidden beneath the building, who were illegal immigrants . It is later revealed that they were Mexican prostitutes "owned" by the club's Sergeant - at - Arms, Tig Trager . Clay then goes to meet Laroy, the leader of the One - Niners, in the East Bay . He is due to sell guns to the gang, but as they were destroyed, he must explain what happened at the warehouse . Laroy needs the guns to protect their heroin trade from another motorcycle club, the Mayans, and eventually lets Clay have some more time to get more guns together for him . The Sons of Anarchy then work out that it was the Mayans who stole the guns and destroyed the storage warehouse, and decide to get some payback . Juice Ortiz, the club's intelligence officer, finds out where the Mayans stored the guns and Clay, Tig, Jax and Chibs Telford all head out to San Leandro to retrieve them . When they arrive at the industrial storage warehouse and find the guns, three Mayans turn up in a car outside . Clay and Tig then shoot and kill the Mayans . Jax is shot by another man, who has a number of Nazi and White supremacist tattoos . He was a member of the Nordics, a local skinhead gang who are allied with the Mayans, and it later emerges that his name is Whistler . Jax turns around and shoots Whistler twice, killing him . They escape with the weapons and destroy the building using explosives . </P>

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