US divisive escalation in Vietnam began several months before President Lyndon B. Johnson first deployed American troops on Vietnamese soil in 1965, with an oft-forgotten clash called the Gulf of ...
U.S. rushes jets to bolster Vietnam SAIGON, South Viet-Nam ... U.S. patrol in Tonkin Gulf to end soon, Vance says WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 1964 (UPI) - Deputy Defense Secretary Cyrus R.