Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (Gulf of Tonkin incident, Aug. 4, 1964, at 12:35)

(Tuesday, August 4, 1964, 10:30 p.m. North Vietnamese time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The Defense Department announced tonight that North Vietnamese PT boats made a “deliberate attack” today on two United States destroyers patrolling international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin off North Vietnam.

The attack came two days after North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked the Maddox, one of the destroyers in today’s incident (click here watch a clip from ‘The Presidents: LBJ’ at 1:35:01)

Video: '"The Ten Thousand Day War - Day of Decision " ( Full Documentary )' (Gulf of Tonkin incident, Aug. 4, 1964, at 34:13)