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Tonkin Gulf Naval Patrol Expanded

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

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Chronological records

1954

Dwight David EisenhowerMay 1954

Tonkin Gulf · Warfare / Vietnam War, 1st

United States ships patrol the Tonkin Gulf as Washington increases naval attention to the conflict in Indochina.

Names involved

Dwight David Eisenhower

Provenance

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