Johnson first deployed American troops on Vietnamese soil in 1965, with an oft-forgotten clash called the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. During the presidencies of Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower ...

U.S. patrol in Tonkin Gulf to end soon, Vance says WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 1964 (UPI) - Deputy Defense Secretary Cyrus R. Vance said today he hoped the military crisis over the Tonkin Gulf is over but ...

Under their agreement signed in 2000, China and Vietnam agreed on a delimitation line in the gulf, giving Vietnam 53.23 per cent of the gulf and China 46.77 per cent.

In August 1964, North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked US vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin. The US politicians in Congress were furious. They passed a resolution that allowed US forces to ‘take all ...

Justified by the attacks, congress rapidly approves the Tonkin Gulf Resolution ... turns into the largest demonstration in the nation's history: two million people march. The next month, Americans ...

U.S. patrol in Tonkin Gulf to end soon, Vance says WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 1964 (UPI) - Deputy Defense Secretary Cyrus R. Vance said today he hoped the military crisis over the Tonkin Gulf is over but ...