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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 ...
17 wrz 2024 · The Gulf of Tonkin incident was a complex naval event in the Gulf of Tonkin that occurred from August 2 to August 4, 1964, during the Vietnam War. It was subsequently described to the U.S. Congress as two unprovoked attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on the U.S. destroyers Maddox and Turner Joy, and it led to the Gulf of Tonkin ...
25 sie 2015 · In early August of 1964, destroyer USS Maddox (DD 731), under the operational control of Captain John J. Herrick, USN, steamed along the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin gathering...
At 1530, some 30 miles from shore, the MADDOX altered her course to the southeast, heading for the mouth of the Tonkin Gulf, and increased her speed to 25 knots, attempting to avoid the three ORV torpedo boats reflected on radar as closing at about SO knots, within 20 miles of the DESOTO ship. At that time the.
Fifty years ago, a U.S. Navy warship entered the Gulf of Tonkin and began an operation that for many represented the dramatic opening of America’s long, disastrous Vietnam War.
This Communist regime has violated the Geneva accords for Vietnam. It has systematically conducted a campaign of subversion, which includes the direction, training, and supply of personnel and arms for the conduct of guerrilla warfare in South Vietnamese territory.
The Gulf of Tonkin incident was a complex naval event in the Gulf of Tonkin that occurred from August 2 to August 4, 1964, during the Vietnam War. It was subsequently described to the U.S. Congress as two unprovoked attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on the U.S. destroyers Maddox and Turner Joy, and it led to the Gulf of Tonkin ...
