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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
The gulf of tonkin resolution was passed by President Johnson, in 1964, in responce to the attacks launched by the north vietnamese, against the American ships in the gulf of tonkin.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
By bombing North Vietnamese Navy installations in North Vietnam.
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A North Vietnamese ship fired on an American ship.
A North Vietnamese ship fired on an American ship.
President Lyndon Johnson used the Gulf of Tonkin incidents to get the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed. This permitted him to militarily assist any southeast Asian country that claimed to be victimized by communist aggression. He used this as justification to â??put boots on the groundâ?? (deploy troops) and begin open warfare with North Vietnam.
A North Vietnamese ship fired on an American ship.
Lyndon B. Johnson