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 ...

But the major challenge to the official version of the Tonkin Gulf incident has focused on ... boat cockpit lights, smoke at a location where they claimed their gunfire had hit a Vietnamese ...

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.

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 ...