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Yes it happened. However the human race LOVEs intrigue; how do you think novelists Tom Clancy, Zane Grey, Louis Lamour, etc. got rich! They got rich by writing FICTION (not true) stories. Man's desire for "intrigue" feeds on fiction. For example fiction writers make more money and their books OUTSELL non-fiction writers by a long shot. By making the "Tonkin Gulf" an incident and a controversial one at that (it never happened, etc!)...it feeds the intrigue in most humans. AND INTRIGUE SELLS!
What historians did was focus on the 04 August '64 engagement (Tonkin Gulf Ghosts/radar malfunctions)...they totally disregarded the actual shoot-out between the NVN 135th TBS against the USN destroyer USS Maddox on 02 August '64. By disregarding one and focusing on the other they created "intrigue", thus you have today a half a century (50 years) later (after the fact) questions like, "did this really happen?" Those historians knew what they were doing back then, because it worked!
What else can I help you with?
Escalation of the war in Vietnam begin with what?
Tonkin Gulf Incident
What incident prompted congress to increase American involvement in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
What nation did Johnson accuse of provoking the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
North Vietnam.
What happened as a result of the gulf of Tonkin incident?
Open warfare between Washington and Hanoi.
The Gulf of Tonkin incident involved the US and?
US Navy verses North Vietnamese Navy.
Did NATO happen before Gulf Tonkin resolution?
NATO existed well before the Tonkin Gulf incident.
What incident did President Johnson react to in 1964 that escalated the Vietnam War?
Tonkin Gulf ships were attacked ( this was LBJ who made it up).
Escalation of the war in Vietnam begin with what?
Tonkin Gulf Incident
What incident prompted congress to increase American involvement in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Who was president during the gulf on tonkin incident?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was the president during tonkin gulf incident?
Lyndon B. Johnson
When did Gulf of Tonkin incident happen?
The date of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was August 7th, 1964.
What did the gulf of tonkin incident do?
Started a war between North Vietnam and the US.
What nation did Johnson accuse of provoking the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
North Vietnam.
What were the major descisions which lead to the vietnam war?
The big one was the Tonkin Gulf Incident.
What countries were in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
North Viet Navy vs US Navy.
What event inspired an increase in public support for the war in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin "Incident".
