Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution (officially, the Southeast Asia Resolution, Public Law 88-408) was a joint resolution of the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in response to two alleged min...
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Thirty years ago, it all seemed very clear. "American Planes Hit North Vietnam After Second Attack on Our Destroyers; Move Taken to Halt New Aggression", announced a Washington Post headline on Aug. 5, 1964. That ... Cables from the U.S. task force commander in the Tonkin Gulf, ... The day before the first incident,
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The latter are excerpted from Dr. Prados's book, The White House Tapes (New York: The New Press, 2003). The posting also contains photographs and charts from the Tonkin Gulf incident courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, a detailed documentary chronology compiled by the State Department's Office of the Historian...
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LBJ Tapes on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident; Source: John Prados, The White House Tapes; (New York: The New Press, 2003) ... This marked the beginning of a series of events that has come to be called the Tonkin Gulf incident.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, in 1964, was a major turning point in United States military involvement in Vietnam. ... The Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred in August 1964. North Vietnamese warships purportedly attacked United States warships, the U.S.S. Maddox and the U.S.S. C. Turner Joy, on two separate occasions in the...
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1. President Johnson's Message to Congress August 5, 1964 ... Last night I announced to the American people that the North Vietnamese regime had conducted further deliberate attacks against U.S. naval vessels operating in international waters, and I had ... After consultation with the leaders of both parties in the Congress,
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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident ... Did the Gulf of Tonkin Incident provide a convenient excuse for United States military involvement in Vietnam? Was the incident overstated in order to gain support for military involvement? ... Detailed accounts of the Tonkin incident as it unfolded in Washington, D.C. can be found in The...
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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred on August 2 and 4, 1964, and saw US naval forces engage North Vietnamese patrol boats. While the attack on August 2 happened as reported, the second attack may not have taken place. ... Gulf of Tonkin Incident Overview:
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