The U.S. destroyer Maddox was spying on North Vietnam when they were fired on by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. LBJ said it was “open aggression on the high seas.” Johnson misled Congress.
South China Sea: which is a part of the Pacific Ocean
Not a bay; a gulf...the Gulf of Tonkin.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (officially, the Southeast Asia Resolution, Public Law 88-408) .
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. 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.
he was john brown so he told lies
Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin.
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
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.
The middle of the Gulf of Tonkin is Southeast from Hanoi.
Gulf of Tonkin
The passage of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution occurred due to sea battles in the Tonkin Gulf between the US Navy and the North Vietnam Navy.