There was no visual or physical evidence of torpedo attacks, although objects were picked up on the ships sonar. In any event, Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which began Americas involvement in the Vietnam War.
US Navy verses North Vietnamese Navy.
Because the North Viet Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf.
Because the North Viet Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf.
By bombing North Vietnamese Navy installations in North Vietnam.
NVN=North Vietnamese Navy NVAF=North Vietnamese Air Force NVA=North Vietnamese Army
US Navy verses North Vietnamese Navy.
LBJ started the bombing by attacking North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boat bases in North Vietnam; in retaliation for their attacks on US Navy destroyers in the Tonkin Gulf in August 1964.
Because the North Viet Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf.
North Viet Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonking Gulf in '64. The US retaliated.
Confrontations between the US Navy & North Viet Navy in the Tonkin Gulf in 1964.
Because the North Vietnamese Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf.
Because the North Viet Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf.
By bombing North Vietnamese Navy installations in North Vietnam.
1. Army 2. Navy 3. Air Force Same as they had when they were called North Vietnam during the war.
The North Vietnamese Navy had Patrol Torpedo Boats; the South Vietnamese Navy countered with (US) Swift Boats.
Military attacks had been going on in SOUTH Vietnam since '55. LBJ was the first US President to launch an attack on NORTH Vietnam in August 1964; after the North Vietnamese Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf
The beginning of the war between America & North Vietnam; the naval engagements in the Tonkin Gulf between the US Navy destroyer USS Maddox and North Viet Navy's 135th Torpedo Boat Squadron in August 1964.