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American involvement in Vietnam increased dramatically
American military escalation in Vietnam started.
Tonkin Gulf ships were attacked ( this was LBJ who made it up).
The date of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was August 7th, 1964.
It caused President Johnson to send more troops to Vietnam.
Because this naval battle (incident) was responsible for open warfare between the US and North Vietnam.
A North Vietnamese ship fired on an American ship.