The Gulf of Tonkin incident or the USS Maddox incident is the event responsible for America’s entry into the Vietnam war. Trump overpowers Musk's attacks on mega tax bill with blizzard of orders ...

In August, 1964, an incident occurred off the coast of Vietnam that led to Congress passing the infamous Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Within months thousands of U.S. troops were sent into Vietnam ...

Thus when the Gulf of Tonkin incident occurred, Johnson was willing to commit U.S. forces. The U.S. was thereby gradually and inexorably sucked into a war that cost nearly 60,000 American and more ...

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Netflix Turning Point: The Vietnam War From the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the fall of Saigon, this five-part docuseries examines the cost and consequences of the Vietnam War.