NATO existed well before the Tonkin Gulf incident.
Tonkin Gulf ships were attacked ( this was LBJ who made it up).
Tonkin Gulf Incident
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam.
The Gulf of Tonkin "Incident".
North Viet Navy vs US Navy.
The big one was the Tonkin Gulf Incident.
Open warfare between Washington and Hanoi.
The date of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was August 7th, 1964.