What event allowed Lyndon Johnson to conduct the war in Vietnam?
1 Answer
Apr 24, 2017
The Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964
Explanation:
A fake attack in the Gulf of Tonkin on the USS Maddox allowed LBJ to start the Vietnam War.
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