Video: 'Lyndon Johnson - Report on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident'
(Tuesday, August 4, 1964, shortly after 11:30 p.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Lyndon Johnson has ordered retaliatory action against gunboats and “certain supporting facilities in North Vietnam” after renewed attacks against American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. Continue reading President Johnson orders ‘limited’ retaliation for alleged Gulf of Tonkin attacks 50 years ago this hour (Aug 4 1964)