Gulf of Tonkin place
also: Tonkin Gulf, Gulf
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the demolition of a bridge on Highway 1, the partial destruction of a storage area, and the temporary interdiction of water pumping stations. By late July, there was another swift boat raid to shell North Vietnam's radar station and facilit…
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a quote-unquote DeSoto patrol, into the Gulf of Tonkin. DeSoto patrols were made by U.S. Navy ships and were intended to collect comms via interception. Ships carrying out those operations had enhanced equipment for radio intercepts, direct…
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President Kennedy had approved a similar program for North Vietnam in 1962. When the first of those patrols was carried out, there was a second DeSoto mission in 63, and the destroyer Craig made an intercept cruise in the Gulf of Tonkin in …
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when it arrived in the North Vietnamese coast to find four swift boats passing her on a southerly heading. The 34A Raiders returning to base. That evening, the Maddox was offshore of the islands that were recently shelled. In response, the …
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and the others damaged. Johnson deliberately ordered the Maddox backed into the Gulf of Tonkin, accompanied by other destroyers, one of which was called the C. Turner Joy. Two destroyers together, two nights later, mistook instrument readin…
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or 10 torpedoes, impelled Johnson to go to Congress and ask for the congressional action approved called the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, August 7th, 1964. This resolution was then used to declare war in South Vietnam. McGeorge Bundy's immedi…
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McGeorge Bundy was in his office on 9.15 a.m. on Friday morning, September 18th, when DeSoto had another false alarm. The new patrol in the Tonkin Gulf consisted of the U.S. destroyer Morton and Parsons, which reported they had opened fire …
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photographic and sound recording equipment to provide records. These ships were also sent on an exercise in friendly waters and underwent mock attacks by day and night using the nasty boats from Da Nang. Had the original De Soto patrol made…
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Obviously, we just talked about how the whole thing started. It was all fake as far as the reason we were there, the pretense for all out ground forces. And keep in mind that scenario that they used in the harbor there looked awful in the G…
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A raid by fast, heavily armed swift boats attacking North Vietnamese facilities on the islands of Han My and Han Nhu in the Gulf of Tonkin. The Han My raid coincided with another U.S. intelligence activity, a De Soto patrol in the Gulf. De …
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operations carried enhanced radio equipment. De Soto patrols had been pursued off the coast of China, the Soviet Union, and North Korea. When the first patrol had been conducted in 1962, the second De Soto mission took place in 63, and the …
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The destroyer Maddox was on a DeSoto patrol when swift boats passed her, the 34A Raiders returning to base. That evening, the Maddox steamed past the recently shelled islands. The North Vietnamese sent out torpedo boats, which attacked the …
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with one sunk and the other damaged. President Johnson then deliberately ordered the Maddox back to the Gulf of Tonkin, accompanied by another destroyer, C. Turner Joy. Two nights later, the two destroyers mistook, this is the infamous Gulf…