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August 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
US destroyer conducting surveillance in Gulf
2 August 1964
Two torpedo boats sunk
4 August 1964
No actual attack; misinterpreted radar/sonar
7 August 1964
10 August 1964
Broad war powers without further Congressional approval
23,000 to 60,000 fighters
Presidential election; needed to appear tough on Vietnam
Two months before August 1964
Secret sabotage programme against North Vietnam
Transition to full-scale US military intervention
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