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What incident led major military assault on the North Vietnamese and by who?
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NVN P-4 Torpedo Boats attacked the destroyer USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin on 02 August 1964. A photograph taken by Maddox crewmen shows 3 North Vietnamese Navy Motor Torpedo Boats attacking head on. Another photo shows two of their torpedo boats moving at high speed with splashes behind them as the Maddox's 5" gun (cannon) shells explode behind them. The Torpedo boats launched 3 or 4 torpedo's but missed.
E. J. Fitzgerald commissioned a painting of the battle in Janurary 1965, entitled, "Surface Action, Starboard". This artwork depicts the USS Maddox firing her broadsides at three NVN torpedo boats running along side her...shell splashes an all.
Interestingly, both the USN and the NVN reported one of their P4 boats destroyed in the battle...it apparently survived. The destroyer was only hit by one 25mm shell.
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The Gulf of Tonkin incident involved the US and?
US Navy verses North Vietnamese Navy.
How did President Lyndon Johnson respond to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
By bombing North Vietnamese Navy installations in North Vietnam.
Was the Viet Cong an organization?
Yes. They were a Vietnamese Communist paramilitary organization primarily based in South Vietnam in support of the North Vietnamese military forces. The Viet Cong was dissolved in 1976 when South Vietnam capitulated to North Vietnamese military forces.
What incident in the Gulf of Tonkin caused a crisis for president lyndon B?
A North Vietnamese ship fired on an American ship.
How did people join the Vietcong?
Both the Communists (North Vietnam and the South Vietnamese Communists, known as the Viet Cong-VC) and the South Vietnamese governments "DRAFTED" their men. When we entered a village (town) and there were NO military age males around, we knew they were either, deceased, hiding, or serving in the North or South Vietnamese military.
Did Kennedy send military advisors to south or north Vietnam?
He Sent them to Help The South Vietnamese Against The North Vietnamese
Cambodia's jungles were used by the North Vietnamese as what?
As a military base.
The Gulf of Tonkin incident involved the US and?
US Navy verses North Vietnamese Navy.
How did President Lyndon Johnson respond to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
By bombing North Vietnamese Navy installations in North Vietnam.
Was the Viet Cong an organization?
Yes. They were a Vietnamese Communist paramilitary organization primarily based in South Vietnam in support of the North Vietnamese military forces. The Viet Cong was dissolved in 1976 when South Vietnam capitulated to North Vietnamese military forces.
What happened to South Vietnam after the United States were withdrawn?
The North Vietnamese Army conquered the South Vietnamese Army with a conventional tank & infantry assault in 1975.
What resistance did North Vietnamese use to fight the American military?
Agent orange
What incident in the Gulf of Tonkin caused a crisis for president lyndon B?
A North Vietnamese ship fired on an American ship.
What incident in the gulf of tonkin caused a crisis for president Lyndon Johnson?
A North Vietnamese ship fired on an American ship.
How did people join the Vietcong?
Both the Communists (North Vietnam and the South Vietnamese Communists, known as the Viet Cong-VC) and the South Vietnamese governments "DRAFTED" their men. When we entered a village (town) and there were NO military age males around, we knew they were either, deceased, hiding, or serving in the North or South Vietnamese military.
How were the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese able to frustrate the American military?
By their determination. They wouldn't give up...!
The north vietnamese military attack of 1968 that destroyed the myth of American progress in Vietnam was the?
Tet
