The Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964)

Gulf of Tonkin IncidentThe Gulf of Tonkin incident (or the USS Maddox incident) is the name given to two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. The Gulf of Tonkin incident has long been accused of being a false flag operation, but this judgment remains in dispute. [15]The Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred during the first year of the Johnson administration. [34]Various news sources, including Time, Life and Newsweek, ran articles throughout August on the Tonkin Gulf incident. On November 30, 2005, the NSA released the first installment of previously classified information regarding the Gulf of Tonkin incident, including a moderately sanitized version of Mr. Hanyok's article.