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Tonkin Gulf

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Tonkin Gulf
disputed N. Vietnamese attacks escalated U.S. war effort (1964). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 595]


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Johnson used the dubious 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution as his authority for expanding war-making.
destroyer causes Congress to pass the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
On a third WESTPAC deployment on Kearsarge, VS-21 flew surveillance missions off Vietnam following the August 1964 Tonkin Gulf incident.
 
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