Question

What event led to the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

Answer 1

Answer: In the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964, North Vietnamese torpedo boats supposedly attacked the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin, off Vietnam, in a pair of assaults on August 2 and 4 of 1964. It was the basis for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which committed major American forces to the war in Vietnam.

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