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U.S. DESTROYERS OPEN FIRE AGAIN IN TONKIN GULF; TARGETS VANISH; No American Losses In Clash Off Coast of North Vietnam - The New York Times
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Vietnam: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident - 'North Vietnamese motor torpedo boat attacking USS Maddox, 2 August 1964'. US Navy photograph 711524. The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, or the USS Maddox Incident,
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The F-8 Missions Flown by Cdr Stockdale and his Crusader Pilots in Support of USS Maddox during the two Incidents in the Gulf of Tonkin - The Aviation Geek Club
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