The US was conducting covert operations there: Nasty Boats and DeSoto missions.
Naval units of the US and North Vietnamese Navy fought a sea battle in Gulf of Tonkin.
The Gulf of Tonkin.
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.
The Gulf of Tonkin is located in Asia.
The Gulf of Oman is to the Arabian Sea as the Gulf of Tonkin is to the South China Sea.
The Gulf of Tonkin is part of Vietnam. It's capital is Hanoi.
The Vietnam War is the event that occurred in the Tonkin Gulf.
the gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1. 02 August 1964, three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats from the 135th Torpedo Squadron engaged the destroyer USS Maddox in a sea battle in the Tonkin Gulf. 2. 04 August 1964, alleged North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats engaged the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy in a sea battle in the Tonkin Gulf. Determined later to be, possibly, "Tonkin Ghosts" (false radar images).
The Gulf of Tonkin is located in the South China Sea, which is a part of the Pacific Ocean.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which was passed by Congress in 1964.
Gulf of Tonkin