Johnson first deployed American troops on Vietnamese soil in 1965, with an oft-forgotten clash called the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. During the presidencies of Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower ...

The United States withdrew from Vietnam in 1975. North Vietnamese General Võ Nguyên Giáp, who had also defeated the French in ...

The Gulf of Tonkin incident was the last straw that led to the open engagement of the United States in the Vietnam War. In early August of 1964, two encounters between American and North ...

Netflix fans have been left speechless over “one of the best” war series they’ve ever watched, now available to stream on the ...

The Vietnam War (which ended 50 years ago on April 30, 1975) era caused so many powerful feelings and substantive actions ...

Johnson used the alleged incident to secure the eponymously named “Gulf of Tonkin Resolution” on August 7, 1964. This resolution granted President Johnson the broad authority to escalate the U ...

the Joint Chiefs’ Operation Northwoods to provoke war with Cuba by staging attacks on the U.S.; the Gulf of Tonkin incident, in which an attack on U.S. ships that never happened was used to ...

The show covers events from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the fall of Saigon. The first episode of Turning Point: The Vietnam War airs on Netflix on April 30, 2025. The official synopsis reads ...

John McAuliff’s journey from Vietnam War protester to peace advocate spans decades — from refusing the draft to helping ...