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Key Event 1: Gulf of Tonkin (aug 12, 1964 – aug 12, 1964)

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Tonkin Resolution allows President Johnson to send 60,000 US soldiers into Vietnam

US becomes involved because they are afraid that all of SE Asia will become Communist because of the USSR --> Domino Theory

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aug 12, 1964
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