The Gulf of Tonkin Incident (or the USS Maddox Incident) is the name given to two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and theUnited States in the waters of theGulf of Tonkin. On August 2, 1964, the destroyerUSS Maddox, while performing asignals intelligence patrol as part of DESOTO operations, engaged three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats of the 135th Torpedo Squadron.[1] A sea battle resulted, in which the Maddox expended over two hundred and eighty 3-inch and 5-inch shells, and in which four USN F-8 Crusader jet fighter bombers strafed the torpedo boats. One US aircraft was damaged, one 14.5 mm round hit the destroyer, three North Vietnamese torpedo boats were damaged, and four North Vietnamese sailors were killed and six were wounded there were no U.S. casualties. [5]
It was originally claimed by the U.S. National Security Agency that the second Tonkin Gulf incident occurred on August 4, 1964, as another sea battle, but instead may have involved "Tonkin Ghosts" [6] (false radar images) and not actual NVN torpedo boat attacks.
The outcome of these two incidents was the passage byCongress of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which granted President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to assist any Southeast Asian country whose government was considered to be jeopardized by "communist aggression." The resolution served as Johnson&squots legal justification for deploying U.S. conventional forces and the commencement of open warfare against North Vietnam.
In 2005, an internal National Security Agency historical study was declassified it concluded[7] that the Maddoxhad engaged the North Vietnamese Navy on August 2, but that there were no North Vietnamese Naval vessels present during the incident of August 4. The report stated regarding August 2:
At 1500G, Captain Herrick ordered Ogier&squots gun crews to open fire if the boats approached within ten thousand yards. At about 1505G, the Maddox fired three rounds to warn off the communist boats. This initial action was never reported by the Johnson administration, which insisted that the Vietnamese boats fired first. [7]
Regarding August 4:
It is not simply that there is a different story as to what happened it is that no attack happened that night. [...] In truth, Hanoi&squots navy was engaged in nothing that night but the salvage of two of the boats damaged on August 2. [8]
The Gulf of Tonkin incident has long been accused of being a false flag operation.[9][10][11][12][13][14] [15]
中國是“不負責任”的對峙在海上：美國
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首先讓獲取到具體的，是中國船舶由右至左移動或左到右，這是說誰了“綠燈通行” ，請記住他的 - 故事這個故事將被帶入到你的所有那些誰給你帶來了東京灣事件中，一些總統的時候40yrs後者宣稱從來沒有發生過，並導致更多的則50K生命的喪失和100萬美國人受傷的。
北部灣事件
東京事變灣（或馬多克斯號事件）是給兩起北越和美國在北部灣海域單獨對抗的名字。 8月2日，1964驅逐艦馬多克斯號，在執行信號情報作為巡邏DESOTO業務的一部分，從事3北越海軍魚雷魚雷第135中隊的船。 [ 1]海戰結果，其中馬多克斯花費超過280 3英寸和5英寸的砲彈，並在其中四個美國海軍的F- 8十字軍噴氣式戰鬥機轟炸機掃射了魚雷艇。一個美國的飛機被撞壞，一是14.5毫米砲彈擊中驅逐艦，三北越魚雷艇被損壞，和四個北越水兵死亡，6人受傷 。沒有美軍傷亡[ 5 ]
它最初是聲稱由美國國家安全局第二東京灣事件發生在1964年8月4日，作為另一個海戰，而是可能涉及“東京鬼” [ 6 ] （假雷達圖像），而不是實際的NVN魚雷船的攻擊。
這兩次事件的結果是東京灣決議案，其中授予總統林登·約翰遜的權力，以協助任何東南亞國家，其政府被認為是由受到損害的通過國會“共產主義侵略”。該決議曾擔任約翰遜的法律依據，美國部署常規部隊和對北越公開戰爭的開始。
在2005年，內部國家安全局的歷史研究是解密的，它的結論[ 7 ]認為，馬多克斯曾從事北越海軍8月2日，但沒有北越海軍艦艇8月4日案發時在座。該報告說，關於8月2日：
在1500G ，赫里克船長下令奧吉爾的砲手開火，如果船內萬碼接近。在大約1505G的馬多克斯發射三發警告過共產主義的船隻。這最初的行動是從未報導的約翰遜政府，它堅持認為，越南船隻先開火。 [ 7 ]
關於8月4日：
它不是簡單的，有一個不同的故事發生了什麼事，它是沒有襲擊發生那天晚上。 [...]事實上，河內海軍從事什麼，晚上，但兩個損壞8月2日的船隻的打撈。 [ 8 ]
東京事變灣一直被指責為假標誌操作。 [9] [ 10 ] [11] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
