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Aware of North Vietnamese intent from the earlier SIGINT message, Captain Herrick ordered gun crews to open fire if the fast-approaching trio closed to within 10,000 yards of the destroyer, and at about 1505 three 5-inch shots were fired across the bow of the closest boat.
Combined with recently declassified tapes of phone calls from White House officials involved with the events and previously uncovered facts about Tonkin, these documents provide compelling evidence about the subsequent decisions that led to the full commitment of U.S. armed forces to the Vietnam War. Raids and Patrols in the Tonkin Gulf.
24 paź 2022 · U.S. officials had distorted the truth about the Gulf of Tonkin incident for their own gains — and perhaps for Johnson’s own political prospects. This lie jumpstarted a war that would claim 58,220 American and more than 3 million Vietnamese lives.
The Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnamese: Sự kiện Vịnh Bắc Bộ) was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. It consisted of a confrontation on August 2, 1964, when United States forces were carrying out covert amphibious operations close to North Vietnamese territorial ...
1 sie 2014 · How the Gulf of Tonkin Incident Embroiled the US in the Vietnam War. One real and one phantom firefight led the United States to engage more directly in the Vietnam War. By: Jesse Greenspan.
One radar target (presumably a torpedo boat) was taken under fire by the Turner Joy. It was hit many times and disappeared from all radars. The commanding officer of the Turner Joy, Commander Robert C. Barnhart Jr., observed a thick column of black smoke from the target, as did other Sailors.
17 wrz 2024 · Gulf of Tonkin incident, complex naval event in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of Vietnam, that occurred from August 2 to August 4, 1964, during the Vietnam War. It was described to the U.S. Congress on August 5, 1964, as two unprovoked attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on the U.S. destroyers Maddox and Turner Joy .
