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U.S. destroyer USS Maddox engaged North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. A second alleged attack on U.S. naval forces in the Gulf of Tonkin was reported by U.S. officials and used to justify expanded military authority.
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person
Edwin E. Moise
location
Gulf of Tonkin
event
Gulf of Tonkin incident
person
Lyndon B. Johnson
government agency
National Security Agency
organization
National Security Archive
organization
North Vietnam
government agency
Office of the Historian (U.S. Department of State)
document
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
government agency
U.S. National Archives
organization
USS Maddox
event
Vietnam War
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