The official name of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution was the Southeast Asia resolution. It passed unanimously in the House of Representatives and in the Senate only two senators voted against it. They were senators Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening.
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution .
Gulf of Tonkin (not "Bay"), the USS Maddox, a WWII Sumner class destroyer. Second incident involved the same warship plus a newer 1950s built Sherman class destroyer named the USS Turner Joy.
Operation Desert Shield .
Surprisingly, the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991, commonly called the Gulf War in the United States and the Second Gulf War in Arab Countries, was fought in the Persian Gulf, a body of water bordering the nations of Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran. The name of the Persian Gulf comes form Iran's name in antiquity: Persia.
1. Before the Tonkin Gulf sea battles (incidents)? 2. After the Tonkin Gulf incidents? 3. During LBJ's administration, Nixon's, or Ford's? There probably wasn't much debating going on under Eisenhower's administration; Congress most likely barely ever heard the name "Vietnam"...Laos may have been mentioned a lot though. Eisenhower did brief Kennedy on Laos...but didn't mention Vietnam...which confused him (Kennedy) later.
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution .
After the naval engagements in the Tonkin Gulf in 1964.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin.
The Persian Gulf & the Gulf of Tonkin.
The US has a "Gulf of Mexico." Vietnam has a "Tonkin Gulf." To name a few.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution enabled the United States to conduct military operations in Vietnam without declaring war. This resolution was enacted by Congress at the behest of then President Johnson.
Not a bay; a gulf...the Gulf of Tonkin.
Gulf of Tonkin (not "Bay"), the USS Maddox, a WWII Sumner class destroyer. Second incident involved the same warship plus a newer 1950s built Sherman class destroyer named the USS Turner Joy.
Destroyer, USS Maddox.
Phoebe Tonkin's full name is phoebe Jane tonkin It is actually PHOEBE JANE ELIZABETH TONKIN
Edward Tonkin's birth name is Edward Martin Tonkin.