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Warning Shots Fired

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

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Chronological records

1964

Herbert Ogier2 August 1964

Gulf of Tonkin · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

After the approaching torpedo boats continued to close, Ogier ordered USS Maddox to fire warning rounds before engaging the attackers in self-defense.

Names involved

Herbert Ogier

Provenance

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