Vietnam War - An Intelligence Mission along North Vietnam's coast
Time: Sunday Aug 2, 1964
Place: North Vietnam
Details: On 2 August 1964, USS Maddox, on an intelligence mission along North Vietnam's coast, allegedly fired upon and damaged several torpedo boats that had been stalking it in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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