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 ...

The Vietnam War is perhaps the most controversial conflict in U.S. military history. The U.S. initially entered to help South Vietnam stave off the communist North, but over time, the war escalated, ...

Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Gulf of Tonkin incident allowed the US to increase air attacks on North Vietnam However, it is now likely the second attack by the North Vietnamese ...

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 ...