He made the dramatic announcement that on August 2 the USS Maddox, a navy destroyer, had been attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the North Vietnamese coast.The president claimed that the attack on the USS Maddoxwas unprovoked. In fact, the Maddox had been on a spying mission and had fired first.
Because North Vietnamese Navy (NVN) torpedo boats attacked the USN destroyer USS Maddox on 02 August 1964. Then, allegedly again on the 4th. The resolution occurred shortly afterwards. The first attack did happen, it was in fact a sea battle between the NVN & USN. The second attack may have been a mis-understanding coupled with a radar malfunction with one or more of the destroyers.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was significant due to the fact that it give President Johnson the ability to use military force in Southeast Asia without Congress having to issue an official declaration of war. It was signed into law on August 10, 1964.
The date of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was August 7th, 1964.
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The Gulf of Tonkin.
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred on August 2, 1964 when two US Navy ships in the Gulf of Tonkin was sunk allegedly by the North Vietnamese. We now know one of them was a false flag attack. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was August 4, 1964 when President Johnson asked Congress to declare war on Vietnam which they did.
"Torpedo Boats" (not gun boats) of the North Vietnamese Navy's 135th Torpedo Boat Squadron attacked the destroyer USS Maddox in the Tonkin Gulf on 02 August 1964.
in august 1964,U.S. president lyndon Johnson told congress that north vietnameses patrol boats had attacked two U.S. destroyers in the gulf of tonkin.
On 2 August 1964, North Vietnam attacked two US Destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. Congress authorized President Johnson to react militarily
07 August 1964
Doc Tonkin was born August 11, 1881, in Concord, NH, USA.
Commonly referred to as Patrol boats, the North Vietnamese Navy P4s were actually torpedo boats which attacked the USS Maddox on 02 August 1964 in the Tonkin Gulf.
He made the dramatic announcement that on August 2 the USS Maddox, a navy destroyer, had been attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the North Vietnamese coast.The president claimed that the attack on the USS Maddoxwas unprovoked. In fact, the Maddox had been on a spying mission and had fired first.
07 August 1964.
After the naval battles in the Tonkin Gulf in August 1964.
The August, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution.