Posted on 08/02/2017 3:57:14 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
USS Maddox DD731 is attacked by three North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. This, and a supposed second attack on Maddox and C. Turner Joy DD951 two days later, would be the justification for Congress to enact the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The President signed the bill Aug 10. This resolution authorized LBJ to use what ever conventional force was necessary to aid the South Vietnamese in their war with North Vietnam.
Presidential memos and and such were signed with felt tip.
The every day stuff was signed in felt tip
You’re right about the big laws
Aided by McNamara...
The Camelot myth that JFK picked “the best and the brightest” dies hard. McNamara thought the age-old principles of war were obsolete and he could just manage everything. He was a zip-wad like most of “Camelot”.
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