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The resolution resulted in open direct hostilities between the US & North Vietnam. The very same month that the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was passed, North Vietnam began receiving aerial bombardment from US Air and Naval forces.

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Because this naval battle (incident) was responsible for open warfare between the US and North Vietnam.

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Johnson now had the green light! Jets, Tanks, and Men! All began to arrive in '65. Johnson used air strikes against the North.

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