Gulf of
Tonkin Incident - Event That
Pushed US Into Vietnam War - Probably
Never Happened, Tapes Show
By Bob Richter, San
Antonio Express-News
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Thirty-eight years ago Sunday (Aug. 4),
network television was interrupted at
11:36 p.m. EDT so President Lyndon B.
Johnson could tell the nation that U.S.
warships in a place called the Gulf of
Tonkin had been attacked by North
Vietnamese PT boats.
In response to what he described as "open
aggression on the open seas," Johnson
ordered U.S. airstrikes on North Vietnam.
The airstrikes opened the door to a war
that would kill 1 million Vietnamese and
58,000 Americans and divide the nation
along class and generational lines.
Over the years, debate has swirled around
whether U.S. ships actually were attacked
that night, or whether, as some skeptics
suggest, the Johnson administration staged
or provoked an event to get congressional
authority to act against North Vietnam.
Recently released tapes of White House
phone conversations indicate the attack
probably never happened.
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