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Revised Ambush Assessment

United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1964Date range
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Chronological records

1964

John Herrick4 August 1964

Gulf of Tonkin · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Herrick later reported that the opening phase still appeared to him to be a genuine ambush, while acknowledging that the subsequent action remained confused and the number of attackers could not be determined.

Names involved

John Herrick

Provenance

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