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Blockade of Tonkin Gulf

Name: Blockade of Tonkin Gulf – United States factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States · Warfare / Vietnam War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1954Date range

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Chronological records

1954

Dwight David EisenhowerMay 1954

Tonkin Gulf · Warfare / Vietnam War, 1st

US ships are sent to patrol the Gulf on Tonkin

Names involved

Dwight David Eisenhower

Provenance

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