The "resolution" authorized the President to use whatever force he wished to protect US interests.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which was passed by Congress in 1964.
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.
The Gulk of Tonkin Resolution was passed on August 7, 1964. It gave president Johnson the authority to use a military base in the region of Southeast Asia.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed in Congress, giving the President and the Department of Defense the authority to engage North Vietnam in combat to defend South Vietnam from communist incursion.
In August, 1964, President Johnson reported to the nation that American ships had been attacked by North Vietnam gunboats in the Gulf of Tonkin, in international waters. The Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving the President the power to use whatever force necessary to protect our interests in the area. At the time, the truth was not reported. > http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2261 In February, 1965, the Viet Cong attacked an American military base near Pleiku. Using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, President Johnson sent in 3,500 Marines, the first official troops, to South Vietnam. By the end of the year, there were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which was passed by Congress in 1964.
In 1964 Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
After the naval engagements in the Tonkin Gulf in 1964.
The August, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
07 August 1964.
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.
The Gulk of Tonkin Resolution was passed on August 7, 1964. It gave president Johnson the authority to use a military base in the region of Southeast Asia.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed in Congress, giving the President and the Department of Defense the authority to engage North Vietnam in combat to defend South Vietnam from communist incursion.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
07 August 1964
The date of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was August 7th, 1964.
The Gulf of Tonkin resolution was passed on August 7, 1964. It gave Congressional approval to expanding the United States presence in Vietnam. The US Congress gave Johnson permission to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression."