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aug 1, 1964 - Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Description:

-North Vietnam fired at US ships in the Gulf of Tonkin
-Johnson exaggerated the extent of the attack in order to raise support for war intervention
-Congress passed the Resolution to give Johnson the freedom to conduct operations in Vietnam as he saw fit

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aug 1, 1964
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~ 60 years ago