De Soto Patrols operation
also: De Soto patrol, DeSoto patrols, DeSoto
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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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the legislature approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Johnson then relied on that for a declaration of war. McGeorge Bundy immediately got involved with DeSoto. As a reconnaissance project, DeSoto patrols were approved by the special grou…
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favored waiting to see if Vietnam's political situation stabilized. Johnson selected less than the maximum option, a resuming of DeSoto patrols and 34A. Reinforce farm gate with heavier jet bombers. Thus operations like DeSoto and 34A, whic…