Richard Nixon12 January 1971
Nixon signed legislation that repealed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, formally removing the 1964 congressional authorization that had been cited to support expanded United States military action in Vietnam.
United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Nixon signed legislation that repealed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, formally removing the 1964 congressional authorization that had been cited to support expanded United States military action in Vietnam.
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