"Remembering the Gulf of Tonkin: A First Hand Account" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 07 Aug 2014 5:31 a.m. PST |
At approximately 0355 on the morning of Aug. 4, 1964 in the South China Sea, the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CVA-64), was steaming toward the Gulf of Tonkin at as high a speed as she could without losing her accompanying destroyers. Despite an attack by North Vietnamese PT boats two days earlier, the U.S. government had decided to send the destroyers USS Maddox (DD-731) and Turner Joy (DD-951), on a route similar to the one where that attack had occurred… link |
| jpattern2 | 07 Aug 2014 8:08 a.m. PST |
[We] continued searching for the PT boats, using the Ticonderoga's aircraft, and vectoring them over several possible targets, but each time the results were same—negative contact. Sad to consider what ultimately resulted from that one fateful day (plus other unfortunate and possibly inevitable factors). |
 Legion 4   | 07 Aug 2014 8:13 a.m. PST |
Yes, what followed turned out to be tragic for all involved … for a very long time … |
| Rhysius Cambrensis | 07 Aug 2014 12:07 p.m. PST |
Blimey, I never knew about this. |
 gamertom | 07 Aug 2014 8:20 p.m. PST |
Wikipedia has an excellent article on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It is an established fact that North Vietnamese PT boats were involved during the first incident on August 2, 1964 (though there is some contention about who shot first). But there is no objective evidence that any PT boats were in the area on August 4, the second incident described in the article. |
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