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Vietnam War; 1964 involving USN destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy. Maddox was re-cycled (scrapped); Turner Joy is preserved in Washington state as a memorial museum.
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What incident did President Johnson react to in 1964 that escalated the Vietnam War?
Tonkin Gulf ships were attacked ( this was LBJ who made it up).
Escalation of the war in Vietnam begin with what?
Tonkin Gulf Incident
What did the gulf of tonkin incident do?
Started a war between North Vietnam and the US.
What were the major descisions which lead to the vietnam war?
The big one was the Tonkin Gulf Incident.
What event inspired an increase in public support for the war in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin "Incident".
What is the greatests military battle of all time?
Battle of the Tonkin Gulf (Tonkin Gulf Incident) since it started a war between the most powerful nation on earth (America) and North Vietnam in 1964.
When did Gulf of Tonkin incident happen?
The date of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was August 7th, 1964.
Which president used the tonkin gulf incident as an excuse to deepend US involvement in the Vietnam War?
Lyndon Johnson
What incident gave the united states president the authority to start sending actual troops to the Vietnam war?
gulf of tonkin
What are the event that occurred in tonkin gulf?
The Vietnam War is the event that occurred in the Tonkin Gulf.
What happened between Marv and Ron Tonkin?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred on August 2, 1964 when two US Navy ships in the Gulf of Tonkin was sunk allegedly by the North Vietnamese. We now know one of them was a false flag attack. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was August 4, 1964 when President Johnson asked Congress to declare war on Vietnam which they did.
What are the two controversail aspects of the Vietnam war?
The Tonkin Gulf incident (both the 2 & 4 August '64 events) and the military draft.
