dec 27, 1963 - Gulf of Tonkin incident (1964) one big point: North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. destroyer —> used by LBJ to justify further involvement in VN (TONKIN GUIL RESOLUTION in 1964) - authorizes LBJ to take all necessary measures to prevent any further agression —> gives LBJ a "black check" to escalate the war … it is never declared an official war by Congress *LBJ drops 3x more bombs in North VN 1965-1968 than all the combatants of WWII combined (fuck him)
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dec 27, 1963
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~ 62 years ago